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keenish

keenish adjective: somewhat keen.

Adjective

keenish (not comparable)

  1. Somewhat keen.
    • All the street-sellers in question are what street estimation pronounces to be educated men; they can all, as far as I could ascertain, read and write, and some of them were “keenish politicians, both free-traders, and against free-trade when they was a-talking of the better days when they was...1851, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor, published 1861

Origin of keenish

From keen + -ish.

Questions about keenish

What does keenish mean?
Keenish means somewhat keen.
What part of speech is keenish?
Keenish is an adjective.

Words near keenish in the dictionary

  1. Keeney
  2. Keeneys
  3. Keeneyville
  4. keening
  5. keenings
  6. keenish
  7. keenly
  8. keenness
  9. keennesses
  10. keeno
  11. Keenor

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