(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) That the BBC has probably not been as vulnerable since the 1980s is also true – not least because the enemies of impartiality are more powerful, and the BBC's competitors (maimed after a year's exposure of their own behaviour in the Leveson inquiry ) are keen to wreck it.
(2) It has me as a listener and I am keen as well on sciences, arts, geography, history and politics, and I belong to two campaigns in Brighton and Chichester against privatisation of the NHS, and with some successes.
(3) Theresa May to visit India in signal of trading priorities post-Brexit Read more Cable said India had been keen to expand “ Mode 4 ” market access: the ability to bring in staff – Indian IT experts, for example – as part of trading in services.
(4) As corruption consistently ranks as a top concern for Spaniards, second only to unemployment, and with an eye on upcoming municipal and regional elections in the spring, Spain’s political parties have been keen to appear as if they are tackling the issue.
(5) He is understood to be keen to remain in the London area.
(6) The tech workers are mostly well-paid and keen to live downtown.
(7) Some Labour MPs, such as Frank Field and David Miliband, are keen on primaries.
(8) Professor Androsov was extremely hospitable and showed a keen interest in the freer exchange of knowledge between American and Soviet surgeons.
(9) The government, too, is keen to strike a conciliatory note, at least compared with the strident tones of the Iron Lady's day.
(10) Photograph: Peter Beaumont for the Guardian For his part the leader of Hadash, the veteran socialist party in Israel that emphasises Arab-Jewish cooperation, Odeh has now attracted a political star status most obvious on the stump in Lod on Wednesday in the repeated cries of “Ayman!” by shopkeepers and passersby keen to shake his hand or be photographed with him.
(11) This seemed contradictory for a government keen on getting people out of their cars, and given that at the time the Treasury finances were relatively healthy.
(12) Palaszczuk said she was keen to use her first attendance at a Coag meeting to push for the federal government to “accelerate some of their money towards the states” for the national disability insurance scheme.
(13) Even more striking is the stance being adopted by Hagan and her Democratic supporters, who have been as keen to discuss social issues as the Republicans have been to avoid them.
(14) Britain's estate agents today report a surge in the number of properties for sale amid signs jittery vendors are keen to strike a deal before next month's general election.
(15) It is a game to spend two hours together and enjoy our time together and say: ‘I was happy.’” Guardiola, who will be joined by the former Arsenal and Everton midfielder Mikel Arteta on his coaching staff , is keen to promote players from City’s junior ranks.
(16) May is thought to have been keen to examine more closely the role of Chinese companies in the project amid concerns about the impact on national security and despite her predecessor David Cameron’s strong support for Hinkley .
(17) Ian Livingstone is not all that keen on being photographed near the life-sized model of Lara Croft in his study – even though he was largely responsible for launching her on the world nearly 20 years ago, and the heroine of the Tomb Raider video games, comics and films helped to make his fortune.
(18) We were very keen to preserve the silhouette of the Leadenhall building [Cheesegrater],” says Richards.
(19) The Russians are also keen on it.” A Trump adviser confirmed the president-elect’s intention to meet Putin very soon and said that Reykjavik was under active consideration.
(20) At the same time, he is keen to do everything in his power to help Palace pick up three crucial points, right down to giving Pulis chapter and verse on the Cardiff players he knows inside out.
Keener
Definition:
(n.) A professional mourner who wails at a funeral.
Example Sentences:
(1) When I met him in 1988 he seemed far keener to discuss Core than Concrete Bulletproof Invisible, the short-lived band that he and Shaw had then started with the former Sex Pistol Glen Matlock.
(2) Son of a baronet It also plays to the most damaging caricature of Osborne, as the privileged son of a baronet, keener on protecting his wealthy friends than helping ordinary Britons: something he has fought hard to shrug off by introducing his “national living wage”, for example.
(3) He is keener on numeric grades that could see around 10% of pupils awarded the top grade 1.
(4) The striker has a £25m release clause in his contract and after scoring 28 goals in 38 appearances in all competitions this season, Arsenal are keener than a dog on heat to secure his services for next season.
(5) But for all their talk of patient safety the doctors too have sometimes appeared keener on their own interests than they have looked like professionals preoccupied with the wellbeing of their patients.
(6) There is a keener awareness of the difficulties and intricacies involved in the construction and evaluation of clinical trials and results.
(7) Ministers believe that major companies involved in developing offshore wind technology – such as Siemens, Vestas and General Electric – will now be keener to invest in Britain, knowing it is committed to a huge expansion in renewable energy.
(8) Japan has become keener on free-trade agreements but may baulk at dismantling its agricultural protectionism.
(9) They have become sharper judges – student satisfaction surveys already reflect that – and will become all the keener after next year.
(10) Regrettably, no doubt, for those who are keener on the purification of public discourse, online censors seem disinclined to regulate with any consistency.
(11) The idea that we would be keener to pay tax if we knew exactly how it was to be spent is one of the most persuasive in modern politics.
(12) Rather, it's the more insidious tropes that I'd be even keener to eat my porridge without.
(13) The idea is that people will be keener on moving from one bank to another if there is more transparency about charges and interest rates .
(14) The Daily Mail, which is keener on making MPs accountable than it is to making newspapers that routinely attack them equally accountable, is cross: "Worse than meaningless," it thunders, quoting in support leftish bodies such as Unlock Democracy and greenish Tory MP Zac Goldsmith , whom it usually disaparages.
(15) "We have a leadership that seems keener on impressing the Conservatives as to how much we can be relied upon to take 'tough' decisions, than on asserting how much the Conservatives need us in order to remain in government," Sanders wrote.
(16) As in 2005, people are also keener on small fixes such as changing lightbulbs than on things that would push up prices or force people to live differently.
(17) The boys run down to the water’s edge in their float vests and plunge in, keener than on the day we started.
(18) Nicolas Cage , Elizabeth Banks, Catherine Keener, Kevin Kline and Paul Reubens are also said to be in negotiations.
(19) In the last few years the international donors have been keener to fund more development-orientated support in Libya, and in situations like this one in Libya, there is less capacity for a rapid humanitarian response,” he said.
(20) One person keener than most to advertise those numbers is Sir Michael Wilshaw , since they reflect his four-year tenure as chief inspector of schools.