keenness
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Keenness to snare the Cup roused their feelings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Keenness and all that is very well, so long as you've got somebody to be keen for.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
That those Papers are pointed with a Keenness of Enmity, for which the Talents, which you are pleased to ascribe, cannot sufficiently apologize.
From An Essay on the Antient and Modern State of Ireland by Brooke, Henry
Keenness, crookedness, truth, and sincerity, are the qualities that should be present in him.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
Keenness, the very life and soul of all Cavalry action, can only grow where the troops believe themselves fully equal to all eventualities.
From Cavalry in Future Wars by Goldman, Charles Sydney
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