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Keenly

//ˈkiːnli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In a keen manner.

    "watch something keenly"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a keen or penetrating way wordnet

Etymology

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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