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What is the adjective for keenness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb keen which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

keen
  1. Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
  2. Fierce, intense, vehement.
  3. Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
  4. Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
  5. Acrimonious, bitter, piercing.
  6. Of cold, wind, etc.: cutting, penetrating, piercing, sharp.
  7. (Britain) Extremely low as to be competitive.
  8. (US, informal, dated) Marvelous.
  9. (obsolete) Brave, courageous; audacious, bold.
  10. Synonyms:
      11. eager, enthusiastic, excited, itching, anxious, pumped, raring, enthused, hungry, yearning, agog, ardent, exhilarated, passionate, vivacious, exuberant, interested, longing, sprightly, zealous, animated, determined, willing, ambitious, dedicated, impatient, wholehearted, wishing, antsy, ebullient, fervent, nuts, pleased, stoked, animate, committed, desirous, lively, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, appetent, avid, dying, energetic, hot, thrilled, athirst, crazy, driven … more
  11. Examples:
      12. “We were keen to get to work, but had no idea where to start.”
      “I have been a keen stamp collector since I was a boy.”
      “She's been a keen fan of Kim Kardashian for most of her life.”
keening
  1. Sharp, shrill, especially of a sound.
keener
  1. comparative form of keen: more keen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. higher, more favorable, more favourable, more glowing, more positive, more adulatory, more approving, more flattering, better, more appreciative, more commendatory, more complimentary, excellenter, finer, greater, more admiring, more approbatory, more laudatory, more rapturous, more encomiastical, more laudative, more panegyrical, more sensible, shrewder, smarter, wiser, better-informed, more informed, more insightful, more judicious, more perceptive, more prudent, more rational, more thoughtful, more intelligent, more intuitive, more knowledgeable, more learned, more reasonable, more reflective, astuter, more careful, more discerning, more educated, more enlightened, more knowing, more tactful, sharper, craftier … more
keene
  1. Obsolete form of keen.
  2. Examples:
      3. “The call boy, Ferguson, was standing across the stage from the President's box, talking to Miss Keene.”
      “He entered the US on a one-year student visa and Ms Keene said he spoke with a heavy French accent.”
      “Mrs. Brimmer cast a supplicatory look at Miss Keene, and hastily quitted the room.”
keenest
  1. superlative form of keen: most keen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. eagerest, hungriest, sprightliest, ambitiousest, antsiest, liveliest, thirstiest, hottest, craziest, wildest, readiest, most enthusiastic, most excited, most anxious, most pumped, most raring, most agog, most ardent, most passionate, most vivacious, most exuberant, most interested, most zealous, most animated, most determined, most willing, most dedicated, most impatient, most wholehearted, most ebullient, most fervent, most nuts, most pleased, most stoked, most animate, most committed, most desirous, most solicitous, most vehement, most appetent, most avid, most energetic, most thrilled, most athirst, most driven, most intent, most juiced, most motivated, most devoted, most fanatical … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Gather those of our ranks with the keenest intellects and set them into the design and construction of such things.”
      “Curley as a municipal politician had the keenest wits of any to ever face an adversary.”
      “It is the keenest spur to exertion and the surest of all guards against improbity.”
keened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of keen
  2. Synonyms:
      3. cried, wept, sobbed, bawled, wailed, blubbered, whined, sniveled, snivelled, whimpered, blubbed, lamented, mewled, squalled, grieved, mourned, bleated, boohooed, puled, yowled, grizzled, howled, sniffed, weeped, whinged, bemoaned, bewailed, greeted, plained, shed tears, broke down, broken down, choked up, cracked up, teared up, burst into tears, dissolved in tears, howled your eyes out, rang the blues, rung the blues, sheded bitter tears, turned on the waterworks, turned on waterworks, cried your eyes out, let it all out, put on the weeps, let go, moaned, screamed, squealed … more
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