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Definition of Keenly
1. Adverb. In a keen and discriminating manner. "He was keenly aware of his own shortcomings"
Definition of Keenly
1. adv. In a keen manner.
Definition of Keenly
1. Adverb. In a keen manner. ¹
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Definition of Keenly
1. in a keen manner [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keenly
Literary usage of Keenly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"him feel, even more keenly than he had felt at Clongowes, that he was different
from others. He did not want to play. He wanted to meet in the real world ..."
2. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (1916)
"him feel, even more keenly than he had felt at Clongowes, that he was different
from others. He did not want to play. He wanted to meet in the real world ..."
3. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"As an artist he keenly regretted their desire to subordinate propriety to cost,
especially as exhibited in the restriction of colour decoration and the ..."
4. The Confessions of an English Opium-eater by Thomas De Quincey (1913)
"... me keenly, that I might be too well known <o be that person, and that some
scheme might be passing in their minds for entrapping me and selling ir.e to ..."
5. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"occasion did he put forth so much of his real power in debate ; on no occasion
was his strong innate love of order and justice so keenly excited. ..."
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