keenly Copy link Outline 1. săgācĭter (esp. of the sense of smell)2. subtīlĭter (finely, subtly)3. ăcūtē4. perspĭcācĭter (rare)5. ăcerbē (poignantly) • keenly: 1. săgācĭter (esp. of the sense of smell): to smell out as k. as possible (fig.), odorari quam sagacissime possim, Cic. de Or. 2, 44, 186: so, s. perspicere, Suet. Tib. 57: cf. preced. art. fin. 2. subtīlĭter (finely, subtly): Cic. Verr. 4, 57, 127 (s. judicare). 3. ăcūtē: v. acutely. 4. perspĭcācĭter (rare): Amm. 5. ăcerbē (poignantly): to be most k. distressed about a thing, de aliqua re acerbissime afflictari, Cic. Att. 11, 1. Phr.: this Caesar felt very k., quod Caesari acerbissimum fuit, Flor. 3, 10, med.: this remark Jugurtha felt more k. than one would have thought, quod verbum in pectus Jugurthae altius quam quisquam ratus descendit, Sall. Jug. 11.