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Meanings of keenness in English

Spanish
perspicacia

A quick and penetrating intelligence.

      perspicacia
      Portuguese
      ânsia
      Catalan
      afany
      Spanish
      ansia

      A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something.

            ânsia
            Usage of keenness in English
            1
            The bread-and-butter was arrested in her hand in the keenness of listening.
            Pixie O'Shaughnessy
            2
            The keenness and the constructive genius of the individual count for much.
            A Handbook of Ethical Theory
            3
            Having in mind the keenness of desert-bred stock, he watched the horse.
            Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life
            4
            This sacristan has that simple keenness which is a rarity in Venice.
            A Wanderer in Venice
            5
            There was keenness about the exclamation which almost amounted to actual dislike.
            The Lamp in the Desert
            6
            They pounced upon the floating merchandise with the keenness of regular wreckers.
            Astoria; Or, Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountai...
            7
            Her father was dead; but her brother inherited some of his keenness.
            My Lady Ludlow
            8
            She has a keenness of observation which astonishes me; nothing escapes her.
            Women in the Life of Balzac
            9
            His headache had departed; his every sense seemed to have gained keenness.
            "Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame"
            10
            He watched with a keenness of interest which betokened a dawning idea.
            The Mental Life of Monkeys and Apes: A Study of Ideational Behav...
            11
            And his look searched my thoughts with the keenness of a dagger.
            An Antarctic Mystery
            12
            The German officers at once exhibited a most un-Teutonic keenness about sea-fishing.
            Here, There and Everywhere
            13
            In keenness of observation he has been equalled, though perhaps never surpassed.
            Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
            14
            His eyes of almost preternatural keenness had recognized one of the figures.
            The Free Rangers: A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississipp...
            15
            Exhausted by the keenness of his affliction Jemshíd at length fell asleep.
            The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
            16
            The novelty of my enjoyment had doubtless added much to its keenness.
            Domestic Manners of the Americans
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            Translations for keenness
            Portuguese
            ânsiaanseio
            Keenness through the time
            Keenness across language varieties
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