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keenness

keenness noun: sharpness or cutting ability.

Noun

keenness (countable and uncountable, plural keennesses)

  1. sharpness or cutting ability
  2. astuteness or sagacity
  3. eagerness or enthusiasm

keenness meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

keenness in Tamil

வை, தீர்க்கம், கூர்ச்சி, சுறுக்கு, ஆழம், அரி

keenness in Urdu

آرزو مندی, ارمان, خواہش, شوق, ذکاوت

keenness in Malayalam

eagerness, willingness, readiness
ഔത്സുക്യം, ഉത്സുകത, വ്യഗ്രത, വെെയഗ്രം, ആകാംക്ഷ, സന്നദ്ധത
sharpness, razor-sharpness
മൂർച്ച, കൂർമ്മ, നേർമ്മ, സൗക്ഷ്മ്യം, ആർ, ദ്യു
sharpness, acuteness, sensitivity
മൂർച്ച, നിശിതത്വം, ഉഗ്രത, തീക്ഷ്ണത, തിഗ്മം, തേജം
incisiveness, acuity, sharpness
കൂർമ്മ, കൂർമ്മത, സൂക്ഷ്മത, തീവ്രത, നിശിതത്വം, അകമ്പുറം

Forms of keenness

pluralkeennesses

Origin of keenness

From keen + -ness.

Questions about keenness

What does keenness mean?
Keenness means sharpness or cutting ability.
What is keenness in Tamil?
Keenness in Tamil is வை, தீர்க்கம், கூர்ச்சி. See Keenness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is keenness?
Keenness is a noun.
What is the plural of keenness?
The plural of keenness is keennesses.

Words near keenness in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: keenness (page history and authors); keenness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); keenness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); keenness (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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