Synonyms for keenly
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : keen |
| Phonetic Transcription : kin |
Top 10 synonyms for keenly Other synonyms for the word keenly
- actively
- alertly
- angrily
- animatedly
- aptly
- astutely
- bitterly
- boisterously
- briskly
- brutally
- capably
- comprehendingly
- cruelly
- cunningly
- deceptively
- deliberately
- discerningly
- earnestly
- energetically
- facilely
- ferociously
- fiercely
- fixedly
- forcibly
- foxily
- frantically
- furiously
- guilefully
- hard
- hardly
- heavily
- intellectually
- intelligently
- intensely
- judiciously
- keenly
- knowingly
- knowledgeably
- like fury
- logically
- madly
- meanly
- painfully
- perspicaciously
- powerfully
- prudently
- rancorously
- rationally
- reasonably
- relentlessly
- reluctantly
- resourcefully
- rigorously
- roughly
- rowdily
- sagaciously
- savagely
- searchingly
- sensibly
- seriously
- severely
- sharply
- shrewdly
- skillfully
- slowly
- slyly
- smartly
- sorely
- spiritedly
- sprightly
- steadily
- stormily
- strongly
- suddenly
- trickily
- tumultously/tumultuously
- turbulently
- uproariously
- urgently
- viciously
- vigorously
- violently
- vivaciously
- watchfully
- wildly
- wisely
- with all one's might
Définition of keenly
Origin :- Old English cenlice; see keen (adj.) + -ly (2).
- As in intently : adv with concentration
- As in acutely : adv sharply
- As in intelligently : adv cleverly
- As in shrewdly : adv astutely
- As in hard : adv with great force
- As in hard : adv with resentment
- He watched the face of the other keenly, but the old man was busy filling his pipe.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- With narrow, alert eyes, Linda was watching, and her brain was keenly alive.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- The woman was watching him keenly, beneath her lowered lashes.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- She felt the parting with old friends at Lake Megantic keenly.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- Something had made her keenly and additionally sensitive just now.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I can enter into your trials and annoyances as keenly as if I had to encounter them.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- Martin felt keenly for himself, and he felt this good deed of Tom's keenly.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
- I hadn't noticed it, but I don't believe I do crave drink as keenly.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- I dare say he had fancied her ladyship as keenly as one of his volatile nature might.
- Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- My sympathy or pity or thought—as I felt all too keenly—could be nothing to him.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
Antonyms for keenly
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