Keen and Recent

Keen

Keen adjective - Able to sense slight impressions or differences.

Recent and keen are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recent" instead an adjective "Keen".

Nearby Words: keenness, keenly

Recent

Recent adjective - Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.

Keen and recent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keen" instead an adjective "Recent".

Nearby Words: recently, recency

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Superego: "Marth"/Lucina — Has a keen knowledge of future events considering they're recent history to her, and strives to stop the end of the world no matter what has to be done along the way.
  • Retro Universe Americans in foreign lands in recent years have sometimes reported natives striking up conversations with them and mentioning that something is "peachy keen" and the like.
  • The shifting viewpoints, keen engagement with contemporary themes, and use of London as a microcosm: this is the model upon which a number of important recent novels have drawn.
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