keenness

Words with a similar base: keenness

'keenness'

[acuteness.n.02] as in: a quick and penetrating intelligence

Examples:
he argued with great acuteness
I admired the keenness of his mind

'keenness'

[eagerness.n.01] as in: a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something

'keenness'

[sharpness.n.05] as in: thinness of edge or fineness of point

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					keenness (English)
├── -ness (English)
└── keen (English)
    ├── caoin (Irish)
    │   ├── caín (Old Irish (to 900))
    │   └── caínid (Old Irish (to 900))
    └── kene (Middle English (1100-1500))
        └── cene (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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