If you have a keen interest in something, you are really, really into it. Keen is an adjective that describes something that is intense, sharp, or focused.
Sharp; having a fine edge or point;
Noun
a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
Verb
express grief verbally; "we lamented the death of the child"
Adjective S.
having a sharp cutting edge or point; "a keen blade"
Adjective S.
as physically 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"
Adjective S.
very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
Adjective S.
very penetrating and clear and sharp in operation; "an incisive mind"; "a keen intelligence"; "of sharp and active intellect"
Adjective S.
intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"
Adjective S.
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 pene
superl.
Sharp; having a fine edge or point; as, a keen razor, or
a razor with a keen edge.
superl.
Acute of mind; sharp; penetrating; having or expressing
mental acuteness; as, a man of keen understanding; a keen look; keen
features.
superl.
Bitter; piercing; acrimonious; cutting; stinging;
severe; as, keen satire or sarcasm.
superl.
Piercing; penetrating; cutting; sharp; -- applied to
cold, wind, etc, ; as, a keen wind; the cold is very keen.
superl.
Eager; vehement; fierce; as, a keen appetite.
v. t.
To sharpen; to make cold.
n.
A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf. Coranach.
v. i.
To wail as a keener does.
Keen
A bow he bare and arwes [arrows] bright and kene.
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes.2.
To make our wits more keen.
Before the keen inquiry of her thought.3.
Good father cardinal, cry thou amen To my keen curses.4.
Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes.5.
So keen and greedy to confound a man.
Keen
Cold winter keens the brightening flood.
Keen
Keen
Sharp; having a fine edge or point;
To sharpen; to make cold.
A prolonged wail for a deceased person. Cf.
To wail as a keener does.
Usage Examples
Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.
It was sort of just a family sport. My mom and dad were pretty keen golfers when I was young and so were my grandparents, and I just sort of tagged along with them.
My parents were keen for me to have the education they themselves never had. They weren't able to guide me towards particular books, but they encouraged me to read, which I did, randomly and compulsively.
I am a big fan of smelly cheeses but the rest of the family don't seem to be particularly keen on them.
It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.
I'm not keen on history being tampered with... to any extent.
Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.
A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
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Other Usage ExamplesI guess I'm a very keen observer, and I'd like to think I have a good imagination.
After marriage, a woman's sight becomes so keen that she can see right through her husband without looking at him, and a man's so dull that he can look right through his wife without seeing her.
My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance.
I was never too keen on the British music press. They've called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn't write our own songs.
Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.
I have got instincts that, I think, are very much in tune with people's very keen sense to see something different. I did not dream of being in politics since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. I was not involved in student politics, or not in that partisan way.
He is a very positive captain he is proactive as well as reactive. He is keen to read the game, to get in there, and he never stops thinking about the game, the situation, and trying to turn it to his advantage. He has been very good for the game.
Joy in the universe, and keen curiosity about it all - that has been my religion.
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