What is the meaning of keenness?

A quick and penetrating intelligence.
- usage: "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind"
- synonyms: acuteness, acuity, sharpness
A positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something.
- synonyms: eagerness, avidity, avidness
Thinness of edge or fineness of point.
- synonyms: sharpness

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