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    [Adjective]  | "keen" | \ ˈkēn \


    1: intellectually alert : having or characteristic of a quick penetrating mind; also : shrewdly astute

    2: extremely sensitive in perception

    3: sharply contested


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English kene brave, sharp, from Old English cēne brave; akin to Old High German kuoni brave;

    [Adverb]  | "keenly" 


    2: as in sharply, acutely;




    [Adjective]  | "keen" 


    1: able to sense slight impressions or differences;


      * e.g., " ... pilots with especially keen eyesight "





    2: causing intense discomfort to one's skin;


      * e.g., " ... the keen wind gave me chapped lips "





    3: having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something;


      * e.g., " ... lanced the boil with a keen scalpel "





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