keenness

  • 11keenness —  but keenest …

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  • 12keenness — keen·ness || kɪːnɪs n. sharpness; pungency; cleverness, perceptiveness, astuteness; intenseness; eagerness, enthusiasm …

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  • 13keenness — n. 1. Ardor, vehemence, eagerness, earnestness, fervor, zest. 2. Sharpness, acuteness. 3. Severity, rigor, sternness. 4. Causticity, acrimony, asperity, bitterness, pungency. 5. Poignancy, acuteness, bitterness. 6. Shrewdness, sagacity,… …

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  • 14keenness — n cogency, penetration, incisiveness, pointedness; mordancy, mordaciousness, trenchancy, pungency, cuttingness, bitingness, stingingness, scorchingness; satiricalness, sardonicism, derisiveness, mockingness, insultingness; harshness, severity,… …

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  • 15keenness — keen·ness …

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  • 16keenness — See: keen …

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  • 17keen — [[t]ki͟ːn[/t]] ♦♦♦ keener, keenest, keens, keening, keened 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ, ADJ on ing/n, ADJ that, ADJ to inf If you are keen on doing something, you very much want to do it. If you are keen that something should happen, you very much… …

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  • 18sharpness — noun 1. a quick and penetrating intelligence (Freq. 1) he argued with great acuteness I admired the keenness of his mind • Syn: ↑acuteness, ↑acuity, ↑keenness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 19sharpness — n. 1. Acuteness, keenness. 2. Sagacity, shrewdness, ingenuity, wit, cleverness, quickness, acuteness, discernment, acumen. 3. Pungency, piquancy, acridity, acidity, tartness. 4. Severity, sarcasm, satire, pungency. 5. Poignancy, intensity,… …

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  • 20acuteness — noun 1. a sensitivity that is keen and highly developed dogs have a remarkable acuteness of smell • Hypernyms: ↑sensitivity, ↑sensitiveness, ↑sensibility 2. a quick and penetrating intelligence he argued with great acuteness I admired the… …

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