Keenish
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Somewhat keen. not-comparable
"All the street-sellers in question are what street estimation pronounces to be educated men; they can all, as far as I could ascertain, read and write, and some of them were “keenish politicians, both free-traders, and against free-trade when they was a-talking of the better days when they was young.”"
Example
More examples"All the street-sellers in question are what street estimation pronounces to be educated men; they can all, as far as I could ascertain, read and write, and some of them were “keenish politicians, both free-traders, and against free-trade when they was a-talking of the better days when they was young.”"
Etymology
From keen + -ish.