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English Dictionary: keenness by the DICT Development Group
2 results for keenness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
keenness
n
  1. a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
    Synonym(s): acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness
  2. a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
    Synonym(s): eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness
  3. thinness of edge or fineness of point
    Synonym(s): sharpness, keenness
    Antonym(s): bluntness, dullness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Keenness \Keen"ness\, n.
      The quality or state of being keen.
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