keenly

1. 1.

   in a keen or penetrating way

   “he was keenly aware of his own shortcomings”

   “she pitied her sister acutely”

   “acutely aware”

   Synonymsacutely

Questions about keenly

What does keenly mean?

keenly means "in a keen or penetrating way".

How many syllables are in keenly?

keenly has 2 syllables: keen-ly. The stress falls on "keen". In IPA it is /ˈkinli/.

What is another word for keenly?

Close synonyms include acutely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is keenly a common word?

keenly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.