Antonyms for keenly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : keen

Phonetic Transcription : kin

Definition of keenly

Origin : Old English cenlice; see keen (adj.) + -ly (2).

As in intently : adv with concentration
As in acutely : adv sharply
As in intelligently : adv cleverly
As in shrewdly : adv astutely
As in hard : adv with great force
As in hard : adv with resentment

Example sentences :

He watched the face of the other keenly, but the old man was busy filling his pipe.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

With narrow, alert eyes, Linda was watching, and her brain was keenly alive.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

The woman was watching him keenly, beneath her lowered lashes.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

She felt the parting with old friends at Lake Megantic keenly.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

Something had made her keenly and additionally sensitive just now.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

I can enter into your trials and annoyances as keenly as if I had to encounter them.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Martin felt keenly for himself, and he felt this good deed of Tom's keenly.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

I hadn't noticed it, but I don't believe I do crave drink as keenly.
Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling

I dare say he had fancied her ladyship as keenly as one of his volatile nature might.
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

My sympathy or pity or thought—as I felt all too keenly—could be nothing to him.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

Synonyms for keenly

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