KEENLY Synonyms: 112 Similar and Opposite Words

keenly

adverb

Definition of keenly

as in avidly

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as in acutely

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Recent Examples of keenly The team is keenly aware that in the modern market, trust is not bought but earned, and Vita Bella strives to achieve this every step of the way. — William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The milestone hit especially keenly for Jamie Lynn Spears, having nearly lost her eldest daughter, Maddie, to an ATV accident 10 years ago. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026 Sherman is keenly aware of her own power—and bullishly confident in it. — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026 But Amodo’s engineers are keenly aware that political choices are downstream from what is possible. — Billy Perrigo, Time, 17 Aug. 2026 The ideology of Third Worldism and the New Agey, anything-goes-style progressivism of the West Coast that Naipaul so keenly lacerates were necessary precursors to the mass death in Guyana. — James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026 Passkey architects have been keenly aware of this difference, which is largely necessary for Windows backward-compatibility reasons. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026 Nevertheless, Xi is keenly aware of the risks and political consequences of significant disruptions to China’s food supplies. — Caitlin Welsh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026 There are countless casualties in House of the Dragon but few more keenly felt than Helaena, Westeros’s sweetheart, whom Phia Saban played with a quiet and often funny dignity over the years. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for keenly

Adverb

Americans fighting overseas followed the trial avidly on the radio.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The couple were deeply involved in literary circles, collected books avidly, read voraciously as well as penning various works.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026

Definition of avidly

Adverb

Since 2022, acutely conscious of the issue at hand, Unipublic, the company that organizes the Vuelta, has planted 2,000 native trees around the country.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Debbie Willson is acutely aware of how a death can fall through the cracks.

— Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of acutely

Adverb

While someone off-camera told the riders to keep their hands up and not close their eyes, RAYE excitedly raised her own hands into the air before nudging Jordan to do the same.

— Rebecca Aizin, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
The cast excitedly looked around the room, clearly expecting Minogue herself to join them.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026

Definition of excitedly

Adverb

Hostilities at sea have ‌escalated sharply with attacks by both sides on ports and commercial shipping, pushing ‌up global grain prices.

— Reuters, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
New York City on Wednesday announced that AI tools will be banned in public grade and middle schools and sharply limited for high school students.

— Rafi Schwartz, TheWeek, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of sharply

Adverb

That has astronomers eagerly awaiting what can be seen as the shroud over the heart of the Milky Way gets at least partially lifted.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026
New technology and a legacy of discovery Astronomers are already eagerly awaiting the astronomical discoveries that Roman and its ultra-sensitive infrared detectors will produce.

— Don Figer, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of eagerly

Adverb

Most poignantly, he was struck by how far the late, great Buck O’Neil’s museum has come since its inception in a one-room office in 1990.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
At once a coming-of-age drama and a portrait of a dying Texas town in the 1950s, The Last Picture Show, based on Pulitzer Prize winner Larry McMurtry’s novel, poignantly depicts the bleak descent of youth into jaded adulthood.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of poignantly

Adverb

Approximately 85 feet of 10-foot-tall sliding-glass doors open the great room to a broad porch, where roll-down screens allow the family to embrace indoor-outdoor living without quite so enthusiastically embracing the bugs that come with it.

— Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 30 Aug. 2026
While many were in Texas, Florida and other states that have enthusiastically cooperated with the crackdown, arrests increased across the country in July, even in states with laws seeking to limit ICE operations, such as New Jersey.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of enthusiastically

Adverb

Yust also alleges prosecutorial misconduct, arguing that a prosecutor improperly urged jurors to sentence him more harshly because of the emotional impact of the trial on them.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
She was especially hurt that some of the people who criticized Cox most harshly, dismissing him as craven and disingenuous, were those who had the closest relationships with him.

— McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026

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