Lexic.us

Definition of Keenness

1. Noun. A quick and penetrating intelligence. "I admired the keenness of his mind"

2. Noun. A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something.

3. Noun. Thinness of edge or fineness of point.

Definition of Keenness

1. n. The quality or state of being keen.

Definition of Keenness

1. Noun. sharpness or cutting ability ¹

2. Noun. astuteness or sagacity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Keenness

1. sharpness [n -ES] - See also: sharpness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Keenness

keelyvine pen keema keen keen-sighted keen-witted keen as mustard keen on keened keener keeners

keenest keeneth keening keenings keenly keenness (current term) keennesses keens keep keep-away

keep a close watch on keep a cool head keep a lid on keep a lookout keep a weather eye open keep abreast keep an eye on keep an eye open keep an eye out keep an eye peeled

Literary usage of Keenness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Letters and Correspondence of John Henry Newman During His Life in the by John Henry Newman (1891)
"During the long days of his ineffectual efforts in th< schools he suffered severely; and again, with especial keenness immediately on his having to give ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... his keenness of analysis, his wide learning, and his clearness of vision, make his work, so far as it is completed, an ideal history of poetry. ..."

3. The Table Talk and Omniana of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: With Additional Table by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1888)
"keenness and Subtlety. FEW men of genius are keen; but almost every man of genius is subtle ... If yon ask me the difference between keenness and subtlety, ..."

4. Godey's Magazine by Louis Antoine Godey, Sarah Josepha Buell Hale (1896)
"The active St. Louis, St. Paul, San Francisco, and supply of the increasing demand must smaller cities, men of much keenness eventually develop a school of ..."

5. Representative English Dramas from Dryden to Sheridan by Frederick Tupper, James Waddell Tupper (1914)
"It is in her intellectual keenness and her abounding vivacity that he showed his consummate skill and in these qualities he placed her not below the clever ..."

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