Keenly Synonyms

Synonyms:
(Adjective)
  1. eagerly
  2. acutely
  3. sharply
  4. perceptively
  5. astutely
  6. cleverly
  7. penetratingly
  8. piercingly
  9. precisely
  10. alertly
  11. distinctly
  12. avidly
  13. intently
  14. vividly
  15. intensely
  16. with acumen
  17. with perception
  18. with precision
  19. on-the-ball

Words Related to Keenly

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Keenly Sentence Examples

  • The problem as to their origin has been keenly discussed.

  • I was keenly delighted when I felt the fragments of the broken doll at my feet.

  • This was clearly perceived and keenly felt by the educated classes, and as soon as the strong hand of the uncompromising autocrat was withdrawn, they clamoured loudly for radical changes in the aims and methods of their rulers.

  • It was the author's original intention to complete this work in four volumes, but as the first volume was keenly attacked in Germany as well as in France, Fustel was forced in self-defence to recast the book entirely.

  • To a certain extent it would seem that even as Chronicles (q.v.) has passed through the hands of one who was keenly interested in the Temple service, so the other historical books have been shaped not only by the late priestly writers (symbolized in literary criticism by P), but also by rather earlier writers, also of priestly sympathies, but of " southern " or half-Edomite affinity.

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