keenly

Synonyms for keenly

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Antonyms for keenly

adverb. with resentment

adverb. with resentment

adverb. with resentment

adverb. with concentration

Word Origin & History

Old English cenlice; see keen (adj.) + -ly (2).

He watched the face of the other keenly, but the old man was busy filling his pipe.

With narrow, alert eyes, Linda was watching, and her brain was keenly alive.

The woman was watching him keenly, beneath her lowered lashes.

She felt the parting with old friends at Lake Megantic keenly.

Something had made her keenly and additionally sensitive just now.

I can enter into your trials and annoyances as keenly as if I had to encounter them.

Martin felt keenly for himself, and he felt this good deed of Tom's keenly.

I hadn't noticed it, but I don't believe I do crave drink as keenly.

I dare say he had fancied her ladyship as keenly as one of his volatile nature might.

My sympathy or pity or thought—as I felt all too keenly—could be nothing to him.