keenly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 6
/ˈkiːnli/
Definition of keenly
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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In a keen manner.
“watch something keenly”
“We played keenly.”
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Etymology
From Middle English kenely, kenliche, from Old English cēnlīċe (“keenly, boldly, courageously”), equivalent to keen + -ly. Cognate with Saterland Frisian köinlik (“boldly”), archaic German kühnlich (“bravely”).
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