keenly

«keenly» in Mova's school dictionary: eagerly, with a lot of interest — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adverb (keenly)

meaning for a pupil

1) Keenly means eagerly, with a lot of interest. tree →

2) Keenly means very strongly or deeply, as in «keenly felt». tree →

3) Keenly means sharply and carefully, as in «watched keenly». tree →

sense in the lessons

Stories and reports: «keenly awaited», «keenly interested», «a keenly fought match». It tells the reader that feelings or attention are strong.

examples

• The children waited keenly for the results. tree →
• She keenly felt the loss of her dog. tree →
• The owl watched the field keenly. tree →
• It was a keenly fought football final. tree →
• He is keenly interested in dinosaurs. tree →
• The new book was keenly awaited. tree →
• Yet, in spite of this numbness of feeling, he suffered keenly at the thought of passing under the windows of his good little Fairy’s house. tree →

note

From «keen» (eager, sharp). «Keenly» goes before or after the verb.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «keenly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.