keenly
pronunciation
How to pronounce keenly in British English:
UK [ki:nlɪ]
How to pronounce keenly in American English:
US [ˈkinlɪ]
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- Adverb:
- in a keen and discriminating manner
Word Origin
- keenly (adv.)
- Old English cenlice; see keen (adj.) + -ly (2).
Example
- 1. She is also keenly aware of youthful speech patterns .
- 2. Government officials in the south are keenly aware of the changes coming to the han .
- 3. That might be keenly felt if patterns of warming shift .
- 4. But this has come at a painful cost - keenly felt by my generation and those after us .
- 5. The loss will have been felt most keenly in london , which twitter 's co-founder and chief executive evan williams revealed on wednesday has more twitter users than any other city in the world .