Definitions
in a keen or penetrating way
Word origin
From Middle English kenely, kenliche, from Old English cēnlīċe (“keenly, boldly, courageously”), equivalent to keen + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian köinlik (“boldly”), archaic German kühnlich (“bravely”).
Used in a sentence
“watch something keenly”
“We played keenly.”
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01“With sharp interest”6 letters
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