keenly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in a keen and discriminating manner

   During the first week of training we became keenly aware of our own shortcomings.

2. 2
   adv

   In a keen manner.

   Watch something keenly.

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”).

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