keenly

/ˈkinɫi/ adv

In a keen manner.

Word Origin Keenly comes from keen, which originally meant 'wise, clever, able' in Proto-Germanic, from PIE *gno- 'to know.' So a keen mind is a knowing mind. The same PIE root gives us know, gnostic, and diagnosis (knowing through). Over time, keen also developed the sense of 'sharp' — a keen edge is one that 'knows' how to cut.

adv In a keen manner.

She was keenly aware of every subtle change in his expression.

(副词) 敏锐地;尖锐地;深刻地

她敏锐地察觉到他表情的每一个细微变化。

(adverbio) agudamente; con agudeza; vivamente; con intensidad [Con agudeza; de manera perspicaz o intensa.]

Ella percibía agudamente cada cambio sutil en su expresión.

(adverbe) vivement; intensément; avec acuité; avec perspicacité [Avec vivacité ou acuité ; de manière perspicace et attentive.]

Elle était vivement consciente de chaque changement subtil dans son expression.

(Adverb) scharf; eifrig; intensiv; aufmerksam [Auf eine scharfsinnige, aufmerksame oder intensive Weise.]

Sie bemerkte **keenly** jede subtile Veränderung in seinem Gesichtsausdruck.

(副詞) 鋭く; 強く感じ取って。深く・敏感に。

彼女は彼のexpressionのあらゆるsubtle changeをkeenly(鋭く)awareしていた。

(advérbio) intensamente; profundamente; agudamente; vivamente [De maneira aguçada; intensamente.]

Ela estava profundamente atenta a cada mudança sutil em sua expressão.

Word parts: keen + ly

Common collocations

aware adj feel verb interested adj most adv more adv look verb fight verb watch verb contest verb await verb seek verb as adv

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