n. 25B6; noun
the company's keenness to sign a deal : EAGERNESS, willingness, readiness, impatience; enthusiasm, fervour, wholeheartedness, zest, zeal, ardour, passion, avidity.
the keenness of the blade : SHARPNESS, razor-sharpness.
keenness of hearing : ACUTENESS, sharpness, sensitivity, perceptiveness, clarity.
the keenness of his mind : ACUITY, sharpness, incisiveness, astuteness, perspicacity, perceptiveness, shrewdness, insight, cleverness, discernment, intelligence, brightness, brilliance, canniness.
the keenness of his sense of loss : INTENSITY, acuteness, strength, power, ferocity.