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keenness
n. sharpness; pungency; cleverness, perceptiveness, astuteness; intenseness; eagerness, enthusiasm


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keenness
Noun
1. a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
(synonym) acuteness, acuity, sharpness
(hypernym) intelligence
(hyponym) steel trap
2. a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
(synonym) eagerness, avidity, avidness
(hypernym) enthusiasm
(hyponym) ardor, ardour, elan, zeal
3. thinness of edge or fineness of point
(synonym) sharpness
(hypernym) shape, form, configuration, contour, conformation
(hyponym) acuteness
(attribute) sharp



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Keenness
(n.)
The quality or state of being keen.
  

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keenness
n.
شوق, اشتياق, سرگرمي, تيزي, براني, شدت

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keenness
Synonyms and related words:
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