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Definition: Keenly |
KeenlyAdverb1. In a keen and discriminating manner; "he was keenly aware of his own shortcomings". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "keenly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Crosswords: Keenly |
| English words defined with "keenly": ablaze, aflame, analytic, analytical, aroused ♦ bad ♦ dull ♦ poignant ♦ quick-sighted ♦ sharp, sharp-eyed, sharp-sighted, sorry ♦ turned on. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "keenly": Iron entered into his Soul ♦ Needle ♦ Weather. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "keenly": sagacious. (references) |
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Screenplays | As Melchiah and Zephon fell before my blade, I felt the Reaver's blood thirst as keenly as I ever had when I was still a vampire. (Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver II; writing credit: Amy Hennig) | |
Clever | A joke, even if it be a lame one, is nowhere so keenly relished or quickly applauded as in a murder trial. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
Tongue Twisters | Keenly cleaning copper kettles. (references; author: unknown) | |
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Ralph Waldo Emerson | The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders. |
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A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | We choose this time because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices. |
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Business | Australian IT companies are also keenly interested in partnering with U.S. firms that are developing leading-edge technologies, either in distributing the product in its own right, or joining in an application into a bigger total solution. (references) | |
Economic History | Russia | Policy makers are keenly aware of the risks on the horizon, most notably inflation. (references) |
Russia | Similarly, buyers of sophisticated equipment of all types - from computers and process controls to medical and mining equipment - are keenly interested in training, as their employees may never have used particular products or brands. (references) | |
Political Economy | Mexico | President Fox is keenly interested in governing with a cabinet representative of Mexican society, promoting more legal emigration into the United States, expanding foreign trade and investment, reaching a lasting peace in Chiapas, and moving ahead with constitutional reforms, such as the reelection of members of Congress. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | WEATHER, n. The climate of the hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency to chatter about it from naked arboreal ancestors whom it keenly concerned. The setting up official weather bureaus and their maintenance in mendacity prove that even governments are accessible to suasion by the rude forefathers of the jungle. Once I dipt into the future far as human eye could see, And I saw the Chief Forecaster, dead as any one can be -- Dead and damned and shut in Hades as a liar from his birth, With a record of unreason seldom paralleled on earth. While I looked he reared him solemnly, that incadescent youth, From the coals that he'd preferred to the advantages of truth. He cast his eyes about him and above him; then he wrote On a slab of thin asbestos what I venture here to quote -- For I read it in the rose-light of the everlasting glow: "Cloudy; variable winds, with local showers; cooler; snow." Halcyon Jones |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Keenly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Keenly" is used about 318 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 318 | 16,181 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "keenly": keenly-awaited, keenly-fought, keenly-priced, keenly-sought. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "keenly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 敏"地 (shrewdly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | scharfe (poignantly, stridently, trenchantly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έντονα (markedly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | metszően (shrewdly), lelkesen (ardently, heatedly, zealously), intenzíven (absorbedly, acutely, to get down with sg), hevesen (acutely, ardently, boisterously, explosively, fervently, fervidly, feverishly, heatedly, mightily, rampageously, scone-hot, severely, strongly), buzgón (ardently, eagerly, fervidly, industriously), élesen (acutely, piercingly, roughly, sharply, shrewdly, stingily), élénken (animatedly, blithely, breezily, quickly, vigorously, vividly, warmly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | secara teliti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | in modo penetrante (shrilly), dolorosamente (painfully, sorely), avidamente (greedily), al minimo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 犇犇 (acutely, severely, tightly), 泌み泌み (deeply, heartily), 沁み沁みと (earnestly, fully, heartily, seriously), 切実に (sincerely, strongly, urgently, vividly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しみじみと (earnestly, fully, heartily, seriously), しみじみ (deeply, heartily), ひしひし (acutely, severely, tightly), せつじつに (sincerely, strongly, urgently, vividly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 치열하게. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eenlykay cu putere (powerfully, stoutly), ascuţit (acute, argute, biting, clipping, edged, edgy, fast, fine, high, high pitched, keen, knife-edged, mordacious, peaked, piercing, poignant, pointed, pointedly, pungent, quick, screaming, sharp, shrewd, shrill, smart, spiky, stinging, subtle, trenchant, whetted, witty). (various references) oduševljeno (enthusiastically), žudno (hungrily), željno (eagerly). (various references) de modo penetrante. (various references) อย่างฉลา" (sagaciously). (various references) sertçe (hardly, rough, sharp, strongly, subacid), hevesle (eagerly, on tiptoe), gayretle (flat out, heartily, strenuously, with an effort), şiddetle (amain, drastically, faithfully, forcibly, heavily, heavy, hot, lustily, roundly, severely, sharp, sore, sorely, strenuously, strong, strongly, violently). (various references) гостро (acrimoniously, acutely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acriter. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Keenly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: geonly, Kaendly, Kasenally, Kealy, kedny, keeley, Keelie, Keely, Keeny, Keetley, Keetly, Kemeny, Kenry. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "keenly" (pronounced kē"nlē) |
| 4 | -ē" n l ē | cleanly, greenly, obscenely. |
| 3 | -n l ē | benignly, brazenly, certainly, clandestinely, commonly, divinely, evenly, finely, gentlemanly, genuinely, heavenly, humanely, humanly, lonely, mainly, manly, matronly, mistakenly, only, openly, plainly, slovenly, sternly, stubbornly, suddenly, thinly, uncertainly, uncommonly, unevenly, ungainly, vainly, wantonly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-k-l-n-y" | |
-1 letter: kneel. | |
-2 letters: eely, eyen, eyne, keel, keen, knee, leek, leke, yelk. | |
-3 letters: eel, eke, elk, eye, ken, key, lee, lek, ley, lye, nee, yen. | |
-4 letters: el, en, ne, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-k-l-n-y" | |
+4 letters: newsweekly. | |
+5 letters: chimneylike, honeysuckle, hyperlinked. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 65 65 6E 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- . . -. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01100101 01100101 01101110 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K e e n l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0065 0065 006E 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)457171807891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Usage Frequency | 9. Expressions 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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Duits, Duitser, Duitse taal, Germaan, gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, المانية, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, роден, германски, немски език, немски, немец, готически, германец, 德語 , 德语, 德文 , 德國 , nìmecký, nìmec, tysker, Duitse, týskur, týskt, týskari, saksalainen, Allemand, Dútsk, Deutsche, Deutsch, "ερμανός, gjermanisht, 'רמ י, 'רמ ית, német, þjóðverji, þýskur, GearmÚnach, GearmÚinis, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, todesch, Germaanagh, Garmane, Germaanish, Carmane, aleman, Niemiec, niemiecki, alemão, alemand, neamţ, немецкий, Siamani, germanski, alemán, Tudesku, Doysri, mjeremani, mdachi, sí-Jalimáne, tysk, เยอรมัน, าษาเยอรมัน, Alman, німкеня, німецький, німець, $sisters german$ chị em ruột, $cousin german$ anh chị em con chú bác ruột, sister, Almaenwr, isiJalimane, iliJalimane, iJalimane, for German; Grieks, Griek, الإغريقي, يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, Griegu, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, Griyego, 希臘語 , 希腊语, řecký, řeètina, řek, græker, grikst, kreikkalainen, grec, Gryk, Gryksk, Gryks, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, Grikki, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, grèc, greacã, греческий, Eleni, grk, grčki jezik, grčki, griego, grek, Yunanli, yunanlı, yunanca, yunan, Rumca, yunanistan'a ait, rum, грек, гречанка, грецька мова, грецький, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm, kẻ lừa đảo, Groegwr, for Greek; Hongaars, Hongaar, hungarez, الهنغاري, مجري, هنغاري, المجري, اللغة الهنغارية, Húngaru, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, Hungaryan, 匈牙利語 , 匈牙利语, maïarský, maïar, maïarština, ungarer, Hongaarse, ungarskt, unkarilainen, hongrois, Hongaarsk, ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, Węgier, ongrés, ungureşte, ungur, limba maghiarã, unguresc, maghiar, limba ungarã, венгр, венгерский, mađarski, mađar, mađarski jezik, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорка, угорський, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri, for Hungarian; Indonesies, indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, Indonesiu, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亚语, 印度尼西亞語 , indonéský, indonéština, indonésan, indoneser, Indonesisch, Indisch, Indonesiër, indonesiskt, indonesialainen, indonésien, Yndonesysk, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, Indtasisian, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, indones, Indonesyo, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійський, індонезійська мова, індонезійка, người In-ddô-nê-xi-a tiếng In-ddô-nê-xi-a, for Indonesian; Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, شخص إيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, الإيطالي, إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian; korean, كوري شمالي, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري, Coreanu, корейски, корейски език, Koryano, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejský, korejec, korejština, Koreaans, koreanskt, coréen, Koreaansk, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτησ, κορεάτικοσ, koreai, 한국, koreano, coréia, a língua coreana, coreean, limba coreeanã, кореец, корейский, Kolea, korejski jezik, korejski, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên, for korean; Roemeen, rumun, Rumanu, румънски език, румънски, румънец, Romanyan, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, rumæner, Roemeens, rumenskt, romanialainen, roumain, Roemeensk, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, romanés, român, румын, румынский, rumunski, rumunski jezik, rumano, rumänsk, румунська мова, румун, румунський, румунка, for Romanian; 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian; Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish; Tailandes, 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰国, 泰 , thailænder, Thailander, Thai, Thais, thailendskt, thaimaalainen, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, 泰語 , たい", 타이 말, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, คนไทย, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tayland, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський, for Thai; Turks, turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish; 乌克兰, for Ukranian; |
