keenness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a quick and penetrating intelligence
    sharpness; acuteness; acuity.
    • he argued with great acuteness
    • I admired the keenness of his mind
  2. noun a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something
    avidity; avidness; eagerness.
  3. noun thinness of edge or fineness of point
    sharpness.

WordNet


Keen"ness noun
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being keen.

Webster 1913