† Keenly a.

Obs. rare. [ME. *kēnlīch (superl. kenlokeste) = MHG. küenlîch (G. kühnlich): see KEEN a. and -LY¹.] Bold, courageous.

c. 1205.  Lay., 25429. Ah hit weoren men þa kenlukeste [c. 1275 þe kenlokeste men] þa æi mon ikende.

1570.  Satir. Poems Reform., xxiii. 2. O kenely knicht, in martiall deidis most ding.