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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. Examples:
    1. “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
keene
  1. Obsolete form of keen.
  2. Examples:
    1. “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. Examples:
    1. “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.”
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