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# keenly

adverb (keenly)

«keenly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Keenly means eagerly, with a lot of interest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keenly/#m1)
2. Keenly means very strongly or deeply, as in «keenly felt». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keenly/#m2)
3. Keenly means sharply and carefully, as in «watched keenly». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keenly/#m3)

### In the lessons

Stories and reports: «keenly awaited», «keenly interested», «a keenly fought match». It tells the reader that feelings or attention are strong.

### Examples

- The children waited keenly for the results. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keenly/#x1)
- She keenly felt the loss of her dog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keenly/#x2)
- The owl watched the field keenly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keenly/#x3)
- It was a keenly fought football final. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keenly/#x4)
- He is keenly interested in dinosaurs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keenly/#x5)
- The new book was keenly awaited. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keenly/#x6)
- Yet, in spite of this numbness of feeling, he suffered keenly at the thought of passing under the windows of his good little Fairy’s house. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keenly/#x7)

### Note

From «keen» (eager, sharp). «Keenly» goes before or after the verb.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «keenly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/keenly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«keenly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/keenly.html) on Mova free.