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keen
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able to sense slight impressions or differences<pilots with especially keen eyesight>— see 22acute 1
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causing intense discomfort to oneʼs skin<the keen wind gave me chapped lips>— see cutting 1
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having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something<lanced open the boil with a keen scalpel>— see sharp 1
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having or showing quickness of mind<a keen student used to getting nothing but straight A's>— see intelligent 1
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of the very best kind<that new skateboard is keen>— see excellent
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showing urgent desire or interest<a keen hunger for fame and fortune>— see eager
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