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Synonyms for keenly
The synonym for keenly recorded in this bank is acutely, in the sense "in a keen or penetrating way". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for keenly
- acutelyadverb, in the sense "in a keen or penetrating way"
One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day keenly is audited in a second meaning.
in a keen or penetrating way
He was keenly aware of his own shortcomings.
The true synonym
acutely
Same sentence, swapped: He was acutely aware of his own shortcomings.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- impatiently
- fervently
- warmly
Where keenly turns up in the game
keenly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 4, High Camp. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where keenly is the trap
- acutelyadverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is sharply, in the sense "changing suddenly in direction and degree", so keenly is there to be ruled out.
Play keenly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so keenly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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keenly carries no theme tag, so the ring starts at High Camp and widens alphabetically.
One vocabulary, two jobs
keenly is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.