Keener [adjective]

In fattest peace times, I never saw a keener, happier looking lot.

Perception is keener, memory more definite, feeling more intense.

He was suddenly aware, as he talked to her later, of a keener edge to his appreciation of the charm of Alicia Livingstone.

For Members opposite interest in Peterhead Harbour growing keener and more urgent.

Had the sister ships been simply sailing boat against boat, they could not have carried on a keener duel.

The child saw further; perhaps the artistic strain in her gave her keener reasoning.

The people are being educated to a keener appreciation of beauty than ever before.

None of the old pike boys enjoys with keener relish a recital of the stories of the old pike than Rush.

Since Cobbett no keener agriculturist's eye or better pen had surveyed North Wiltshire.

I never saw a man derive a keener pleasure out of just standing and talking with women.