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▪ I. † ˈkeenly, a. Obs. rare.
[ME. *kēnlīch (superl. kenlokeste) = MHG. küenlîch (G. kühnlich): see keen a. and -ly1.]
Bold, courageous.
c1205Lay. 25429 Ah hit weoren men þa kenlukeste [c 1275 þe kenlokeste men] þa æi mon ikende. 1570Satir. Poems Reform. xxiii. 2 O kenely knicht, in martiall deidis most ding.
▪ II. keenly, adv.|ˈkiːnlɪ|
Forms: 1 cénlíce, 2–3 ken(e)liche, 3–4 ken(e)li, 4–5 -ly, 6– keenly.
[OE. cénlíce = MDu. cœnlijc, -like, MLG. kônlîken, MHG. küenlîche (G. kühnlich): see keen a. and -ly2.]
In a keen manner.
†1. Fiercely, boldly. Obs.
c1000ælfric Saints' Lives, Oswald (1890) II. 126 Oswold him com to, and him cenlice wiðfeaht. c1175Lamb. Hom. 107 Ȝif we kenliche fehtað. c1300Cursor M. 24769 (Edin.) Selcuþe kenli cuþe he fiht. c1400Destr. Troy 7231 He keppit hym kenely, and coupid to-gedur.
2. a. Eagerly, ardently.
c1350Will. Palerne 859 Fayn sche wold..haue him clipped and kest kenely þat tide. c1400Destr. Troy 5270 What causes ye..so kenly to pray, This syre for to saue. c1400Melayne 1286 With dartis kenely owte thay caste. 1513Douglas æneis ix. xi. 3 Thayr bustuus bowys keynly do thai bend.
†b. Sharply, quickly, in haste. Obs.
13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1048 Then frayned þe freke..Quhat derne dede had hym dryuen..So kenly fro þe kyngez kourt to kayre al his one. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 945 Þise aungeles..beden hem passe fast & þay kayrene con & kenely flowen. a1400–50Alexander 1353 Þe kynge callez a clerke kenely on þe morne, Als radly as euer he rose.
3. With, or as with, a sharp edge or instrument; sharply: cuttingly, piercingly.
c1592Marlowe Massacre Paris iii. iv, Whet thy sword on Sextus' bones, That it may keenly slice the Catholics. 1645Milton Tetrach. To Parlt., To smite so keenly with a reviling tongue. a1794Sir W. Jones 1st Nem. Ode Pindar iii. iii, For private woes most keenly bite Self-loving man. 1837Marryat Dog-fiend i, The wind was from the northward and blew keenly.
4. transf. Sharply, piercingly, incisively.
a. Of sensuous impressions: Acutely.
c1205Lay. 21296 Þa clupede þe king, kenliche lude. c1384Chaucer H. Fame iii. 635 Thrugh the worlde wente the soun, Also kenely, and eke softe. a1400–50Alexander 2154 Knyghtez kest vp a cry & kenely þaim mene. 1810Scott Lady of L. iii. i, The warning note was keenly wound. 1821J. Baillie Metr. Leg. 154 His brightest hour..More keenly bright than Summer's settled sheen.
b. Of expression of (critical) opinion, etc.
a1300Cursor M. 14621 Allan iesus þaim stod emid, Keneli to him þai resun did. a1400Pistill of Susan 214 Heo..comaunded hem kenely þe ȝates to close. c1440York Myst. xxiv. 64 Woman! wher are þo wighte men went That kenely here accused þe? 1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. II. 36 The origin of these..monuments has been keenly disputed. 1879McCarthy Own Times II. xxviii. 350 Every detail was keenly criticised.
c. Of the exercise of the organs of sense, the attention, or the intellect.
1824R. Stuart Hist. Steam Engine 29 The attention of mechanics, thus keenly directed to the subject. 1845Disraeli Sybil (1863) 201 ‘You are right’, said Morley looking at her rather keenly. 1876Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. ii. 323 Byron the most keenly intellectual of the three.
5. With reference to feeling: Acutely, intensely, deeply, strongly.
a1400–50Alexander 4151 Þan was kniȝtis of þe case kenely affraid. 1792Anecd. W. Pitt II. xxviii. 119 Perhaps no gentleman ever felt the poignant sting of ingratitude so keenly. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps p. v, There are..cases in which men feel too keenly to be silent. 1876Green Stray Stud. 18 No one enjoyed more keenly the pleasures of life and society. 1881M. E. Herbert Edith 5 Gordon was keenly interested in the questions of the day.
6. Comm. At a keen price, cheaply.
1928Daily Express 28 Aug. 7 With advantages like this we can quote more keenly. |