Definition of keenest

"keenest" in the adjective sense

1. acute, discriminating, incisive, keen, knifelike, penetrating, penetrative, piercing, sharp

having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

"an acute observer of politics and politicians"

"incisive comments"

"icy knifelike reasoning"

"as sharp and incisive as the stroke of a fang"

"penetrating insight"

"frequent penetrative observations"

2. exquisite, keen

intense or sharp

"suffered exquisite pain"

"felt exquisite pleasure"

3. bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old

very good

"he did a bully job"

"a neat sports car"

"had a great time at the party"

"you look simply smashing"

"we had a grand old time"

4. cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinate, lancinating

painful as if caused by a sharp instrument

"a cutting wind"

"keen winds"

"knifelike cold"

"piercing knifelike pains"

"piercing cold"

"piercing criticism"

"a stabbing pain"

"lancinating pain"

5. keen

having a sharp cutting edge or point

"a keen blade"

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Quotations for keenest

The keenest of political weapons. [ Bryant ]

The keenest of all our senses is the sense of sight. [ Cicero ]

When you introduce into our schools a spirit of emulation, you have present the keenest spur admissible to the youthful intellect. [ Horace Mann ]

What matters it that a soldier has a sword of dazzling finish, of the keenest edge, and finest temper, if he has never learned the art of fence. [ William Matthews ]

Those who, from the desire of our perfection, have the keenest eye for our faults generally compensate for it by taking a higher view of our merits than we deserve. [ J. F. Boyes ]

Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination? to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time? More than that, it annihilates time and space for us. [ Lowell ]

keenest in Scrabble®

The word keenest is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters keenest:

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keenest in Words With Friends™

The word keenest is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters keenest:

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