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Keener
Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
📖 Definitions of "Keener"
adjective
- 1
Often with a prepositional phrase, or with to and an infinitive: showing a quick and ardent responsiveness or willingness; eager, enthusiastic, interested.
"I’m keen on computers."
- 2
Fierce, intense, vehement.
"This boy has a keen appetite."
- 3
Having a fine edge or point; sharp.
- 4
Acute of mind, having or expressing mental acuteness; penetrating, sharp.
noun
- 1
One who keens at a funeral.
- 2
Someone who is excessively keen or eager, possibly making others look bad; a brown-noser.
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