| keen keen // adjective (keener, keenest) 1 (especially BrE) if prices are keen, they are kept low to compete with other prices: We are aiming to provide better quality at keener prices. The company hopes its keen pricing policy will increase sales. 2 involving people, businesses, etc. competing very hard with each other: They are facing keen competition from larger companies. keenly adverb: keenly priced fashions Our products are keenly competitive. |