keenly

keen keen [kiːn] adjective

1. if competition is keen, people are trying very hard to get an advantage over others doing the same thing:

• Business has become scarcer, competition keener and profit margins slimmer.

• These properties are likely to attract keen bidding in a buoyant property market.

— keenly adverb :

• the keenly-competitive pasta sauce market

2. keen prices, rates etc are low when compared to competitors' prices etc:

• London's present system provides keen prices for actively traded stocks.

• the opportunity to achieve the keenest interest rates

3. if someone is keen, they are very eager or interested in doing something:

• Investors already have shown keen interest in the $100 million issue.

keen on

• Japanese investors are keen on obtaining more foreign assets.

keen to do something

• The Swiss group is said to be keen to buy a stake in the company.

— keenly adverb :

• He is keenly interested in a possible deal.