Antonyms for keenest


Grammar : Adj
Spell : keen
Phonetic Transcription : kin


Definition of keenest

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old English cene "bold brave," later "clever, wise," from Proto-Germanic *kan- "be able to" (see can). Original prehistoric senses seem to have been both "brave" and "skilled;" cognate with Old Norse kænn "skillful, wise," Middle Dutch coene "bold," Dutch koen, Old High German kuon "pugnacious, strong," German kühn "bold, daring." Sense of "eager" is from mid-14c. The meaning "sharp" is peculiar to English: of blades and edges early 13c., of sounds c.1400, of eyesight c.1720. A popular word of approval in teenager and student slang from c.1900.
  • adj enthusiastic
  • adj sharp, piercing
  • adj intelligent
Example sentences :
  • The second course was so equal that the keenest judges could not discern any vantage.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • His keenest inquiries had been unable to pierce the secret of her birth and station.
  • Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • The keenest sense-impressions are undoubtedly those of contrast.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • Belknap-Jackson wore an expression of the keenest disrelish.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He knew them all, and watched them with the keenest interest.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • The keenest eye in the world could not tell them from stones.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • He takes the keenest interest in my venture, and I am to write him a full account.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • Even my wife is beginning to admit that, and she was the keenest to come here.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • If he wanted to be offensive, that was the keenest cut he could have delivered.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • My wit is not the keenest, else I would sooner have caught it.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of a Sourdough » by May Kellogg Sullivan

Synonyms for keenest

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