Keen
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Although he is famed for having a keen intellect in a specific field, she's generally portrayed as the more sensible of the two.
- In any case, he is gracious enough to allow the Pevensie children to stay in his home, and dispenses sensible, mature advice based on keen and sound observations about human nature.
Source: Gentleman and a Scholar -
Given that 4Kids obviously isn't all that keen on queer characters in childrens' TV shows, the only sensible reason anyone's been able to come up with to explain this is that they were less willing to have a subtextually bi character than a subtextually gay character.
Source: No Bisexuals
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Sensible and Keen. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keen/sensible
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Sensible or Keen. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keen/sensible.
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