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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a quick and penetrating intelligence;
- Example: "he argued with great acuteness"
- Example: "I admired the keenness of his mind"
[syn: acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness]

2. a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something;
[syn: eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness]

3. thinness of edge or fineness of point;
[syn: sharpness, keenness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Keenness \Keen"ness\, n.
   The quality or state of being keen.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

keenness
    n 1: a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great
         acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn:
         acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness]
    2: a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
       [syn: eagerness, avidity, avidness, keenness]
    3: thinness of edge or fineness of point [syn: sharpness,
       keenness] [ant: bluntness, dullness]