keenly

/ˈkiːnli/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈkiːnli/

keenly

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Long vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

keen - ly -> keenly

Myanmar meaning

(adv) ပြင်းပြစွာ။

Full entry

keen¹ / ki:n / adj (-er, -est )

၁။ (Brit infml ) ~ on sb/sth (က) စိတ်ဝင်စား သော။ He seems very keen on my sister.
(ခ) အလွန်နှစ်သက်သော။ keen on(playing) tennis.
၂။ (esp Brit ) ~ (to do sth/that …) ; ~ (on sth) (က) ဝါသနာကြီးသော။ a keen swimmer.
(ခ) စိတ်အားထက်သန် သော။ keen to develop new trade links.
(ဂ) စိတ်အားတက်ကြွနေသော။ စိတ်ပါသော။ အလို ကျသော။ She's keen that we should go with her to Spain. ❍ Her parents weren't keen on her travelling alone.
၃။ (စိတ်ဓာတ်၊ ခံစားမှု စသည်) တက်ကြွသော၊ ပြင်းပြသော။ a keen interest/sense of loss.
၄။ (အာရုံခံစားမှု) စူ ရှးထက်မြက်သော။ keen eyesight ❍ Her eyesight is as keen as ever. ❍ Dogs have a keen sense of smell.
၅။ (အသိဉာဏ်) လျင်မြန် ထက်မြက်သော။ တင်္ခဏုပ္ပတ္တိ (ဉာဏ်)။ a keen mind/intellect.
၆။ အသွားထက်သော။ ချွန်မြသော။ a keen blade.
၇။ ချမ်းစိမ့် အေးမြလွန်းသော (လေ)။ a keen wind/ winter.
၈။ (Brit ) အပြိုင်လျှော့ချထားသော (ဈေးနှုန်း)။
❏ (as ) keen as mustard [IDM ] (Brit infml ) အလွန် တက်ကြွသော။
❏ keenly adv အထူးတလည်။ ပြင်းပြင်းပြပြ။ be keenly aware of sth.
❏ keenness n [U] (အသွား) ထက်မြက်ခြင်း။ (စိတ်ဆန္ဒ) ပြင်းပြခြင်း။

keen² / ki:n / v

ရင်ဘတ်စည်တီး အော်မြည်ငိုကြွေးသည်။ keening over her murdered son.

More examples

[be keen to do something] : The government is keen to avoid further conflict with the unions.
[very/particularly keen] : We are very keen to encourage more local employers to work with us.
[be keen on doing something] : The captain wasn’t keen on having him in the team.
[be keen for someone to do something] : Of course I’m keen for him to be successful.
Many of our players are very young and keen.
The students in this class are all very keen.
A keen cyclist/gardener/amateur historian
His business training was combined with a keen sense of duty.
A keen awareness of the importance of IT to industry
[a keen interest in something] : Mr Lindsay always took a keen interest in his pupils’ achievements.
Vultures are known for their extremely keen eyesight.
I have a very keen sense of smell.
A keen mind/brain/intellect

Synonyms

eager, enthusiastic, fanatical, intense, dedicated, devoted, wholehearted, ardent, zealous, earnest, Einstein, accurate, acid, acute, affordable, agog, alert, anguished, animate, animated, anxious, appetent, astute, athirst, attractive, avid, baying, be brokenhearted, be sad, biting, bitter, blub, blubbing, boohoo, break down, breaking down, breathless, bright, brilliant, burst into tears, canny, caustic, cheap, chilly, clever, cold, competitive, coronach, cry, cry a river, cry the blues, cutting, death song, deep, desirous, dirge, discerning, discriminating, dissolve in tears, dying to, eat heart out, eat one's heart out, ebullient, edged, effective, extreme, fervent, fervid, fierce, fine, finely honed, finely tuned, fond of, freezing, funeral song, glacial, grieve, groan, grousing, gung ho, hang crepe, honed, howl, icy, impassioned, impatient, incisive, intelligent, intent, interested, keening, lamentation, let go, let it all out, let it out, let out, letting go, lively, long for, longed for, longing for, low, mewl, mewling, moan, monody, mourn, nobody's fool, observant, penetrating, perceptive, perfervid, perspicacious, piercing, plaint, pointed, powerful, precise, profound, put on the weeps, quick, quick-witted, razor sharp, razor-sharp, responsive, ring the blues, sagacious, sapient, sardonic, satirical, sensitive, sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp-edged, sharpened, shed bitter tears, shed tears, shedding tears, shrewd, sing the blues, singing the blues, spirited, sprightly, steely, strong, take it hard, tart, thirsty, trenchant, turn on waterworks, ululate, ululation, unblunted, vehement, vivacious, wail, warm, wear black, weep, well-developed

Antonyms

apathetic, blunt, calm, cool, dispassionate, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, indifferent, insensitive, kind, lazy, lethargic, mild, moderate, nice, obtuse, peaceful, pointless, prohibitive, reluctant, slow, soothing, stupid, sweet, unconcerned, unenthusiastic, unintelligent, uninterested