Knowing

/ˈnəʊɪŋ/ · adjective

Meaning

Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent..

Definitions by Sense

1. Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.
2. Deliberate, wilful.
3. Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning.
4. (archaic) Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic.
5. Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding.
6. Given my knowledge about someone or something.
7. present participle and gerund of know
8. The act or condition of having knowledge.

Example Sentences

The knowing and intelligent part of the world.

a knowing rascal

‘I was a raw boy from College, and fancied it very knowing to marry a girl that all the young fellows of my acquaintance reckoned so confounded handsome.’

Tom thought his cap a very knowing affair, but confessed that he had a hat in his hat-box; which was accordingly at once extracted from the hind-boot, and Tom equipped in his go-to-meeting roof, as his new friend called it.

Jon and Tyrion greet each other with the words that have been used against them as weapons, sharing a knowing smile.

As family entertainment, it’s all perfectly fine. There are plenty of callbacks to the original to delight young fans (including a catchy new song from Shakira’s Gazelle) and plenty of knowing jokes for the adults in the audience.

Knowing you, you would try not to be late for school.

Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.

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Word Forms

• more knowing
• most knowing
• knowings

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