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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "keen"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āωāĻ¤ā§āϏāĻžāĻšā§€, āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§€

having a strong enthusiasm, desire, or excitement for something or someone
keen definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He has a keen interest in learning about different cultures.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāϞ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ, āϚāϤ⧁āϰ

having the ability to learn or understand quickly
keen definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The keen scientist eagerly absorbed new research findings in their field.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ–āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻžāϰ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ āφāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻļā§‹āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚāĻŽā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāϰ, āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ­āĻžāϞ

excellent; very good
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āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ, āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ

(of senses) sharp and highly-developed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His keen eyesight allowed him to spot the bird from far away.
āϤāĻžāϰ āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĻā§‚āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ⧋, āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ

possessing a finely honed or sharply pointed edge capable of cutting or piercing with ease
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He carried a keen blade that gleamed in the sunlight.
āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŦā§āϞ⧇āĻĄ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āϏ⧂āĻ°ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϝāĻŧ āĻāϞāĻŽāϞ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ, āϤ⧀āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŖ

causing or characterized by an intense, sharp, and often piercing sensation of physical or emotional pain, as if inflicted by a cutting edge
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The news brought a keen sorrow that lingered for days.
āĻ–āĻŦāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻĻ⧁āσāĻ– āĻāύ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļā§‹āĻ•āĻ—āĻžāĻĨāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻĒāĻ—ā§€āϤāĻŋ

a traditional funeral song or lament, often delivered with prolonged, high‑pitched wailing to express deep grief and mourning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She led the keen for her brother, her cries echoing through the valley.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļā§‹āĻ•āĻ—āĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻž āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāρāĻĻāĻž

to wail or lament loudly and mournfully, typically as an expression of grief or sorrow
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The villagers keened for the passing of their respected elder, their cries echoing through the valley.
āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§€āϪ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āϝ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāύāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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