Keenness \Keen"ness\, n. The quality or state of being keen.
keenness n 1: a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind" [syn: {acuteness}, {acuity}, {sharpness}] 2: a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something [syn: {eagerness}, {avidity}, {avidness}] 3: thinness of edge or fineness of point [syn: {sharpness}] [ant: {dullness}]