knowing
[noh-ing]
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Origin of knowing
Synonyms
See more synonyms for knowing on Thesaurus.com1. meaningful, significant, eloquent, perceptive.
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Examples from the Web for knowingly
Contemporary Examples
An Army National Guard colonel charged with knowingly exposing a woman to HIV faced his accuser in a military courtroom on Monday.
What remains unclear is just how many women McFarland may have knowingly put in danger of contracting HIV.
Assad has been accused of knowingly leaving room for ISIS to grow, the better to weaken the less radical rebels.
Richard Dawkins recently tweeted that knowingly birthing a baby with Down syndrome is immoral.
“Thirty minutes alone with a man is enough for him to annihilate you,” she remarks, knowingly.
Historical Examples
"That's the outside o' the cup an' platter," she said knowingly.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
“I was not knowingly aware that hospitals had trademarks,” said Mr. Gubb.
Philo Gubb Correspondence-School DetectiveEllis Parker Butler
"That's what you said this afternoon," replied Biterolf, knowingly.
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
The clawing hand hauled at my shoulder; he leered at me knowingly.
Lord JimJoseph Conrad
Of course nobody but a fool would have put a queen there knowingly!'
A Pair of Blue EyesThomas Hardy
knowing
- suggesting secret information or knowledge
- wise, shrewd, or clever
- deliberate; intentional
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- there is no knowing one cannot tell
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Word Origin and History for knowingly
knowing
adj.
"with knowledge of truth," late 14c., from present participle of know (v.). Related: Knowingly.
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