keenness
- a word derived from keen.
Example Sentences
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Keenness to snare the Cup roused their feelings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Keenness of scent and range of hearing would now be of less moment, but sight would be stimulated, especially when soft-footed climbing carnivores came on the scene.
From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph
Keenness of appetite supplied the want of all other delicacies.
From Christopher Carson by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Keenness of vision, presence of mind in case of conflict or danger, together with steadiness of nerve, are the essential characteristics of a true hunter.
From Memoirs of Orange Jacobs by Jacobs, Orange
Keenness and all that is very well, so long as you've got somebody to be keen for.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
