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keenness
Part of speech: NounAcuteness of mind; eagerness; sharpness; rigour.
Usage examples "keenness":- Then it was that Cynthia Walden, with keenness and foresight, made her claims upon the boy. - "A Son of the Hills", Harriet T. Comstock.
- She was pretty, well educated, and possessed so much independence and keenness of mind that this alone would have sufficed to render her remarkable. - "The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers", Georg Ebers.
- At such times he could act with icy coolness, and his mental faculties seemed temporarily to acquire an abnormal keenness. - "The Devil Doctor", Sax Rohmer.