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Meaning of keen

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  keen
      adj 1: having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine
             distinctions; "an acute observer of politics and
             politicians"; "incisive comments"; "icy knifelike
             reasoning"; "as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a
             fang"; "penetrating insight"; "frequent penetrative
             observations" [syn: {acute}, {discriminating},
             {incisive}, {keen}, {knifelike}, {penetrating},
             {penetrative}, {piercing}, {sharp}]
      2: intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite
         pleasure" [syn: {exquisite}, {keen}]
      3: very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a
         great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" [syn:
         {bang-up}, {bully}, {corking}, {cracking}, {dandy}, {great},
         {groovy}, {keen}, {neat}, {nifty}, {not bad(p)}, {peachy},
         {slap-up}, {swell}, {smashing}]
      4: painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind";
         "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains";
         "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain";
         "lancinating pain" [syn: {cutting}, {keen}, {knifelike},
         {piercing}, {stabbing}, {lancinate}, {lancinating}]
      5: having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"
      n 1: a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
      v 1: express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the
           child" [syn: {lament}, {keen}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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