knowing
[ noh-ing ]
/ ˈnoʊ ɪŋ /
adjective
affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance. shrewd, sharp, or astute.
conscious; intentional; deliberate.
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Origin of knowing
1325–75; Middle English
knawynge (earlier
knowende, knawande). See
know1,
-ing2OTHER WORDS FROM knowing
know·ing·ly, adverbknow·ing·ness, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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Words related to knowing
insightful,
intelligent,
perceptive,
sophisticated,
awake,
brilliant,
cool,
crack,
deliberate,
discerning,
expert,
intended,
percipient,
qualified,
quick,
sage,
sharp,
slick,
smart,
wise How to use knowing in a sentence
Whose parents almost certainly dream of their children’s desperate cries — and awake knowing they can’t reach their kids.
So this season, rest easy knowing that you can shop Fenty Skin, Fenty Beauty, and hundreds of other brands all in one place.
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.
The trader smiled knowingly, for he knew that the major esteemed himself the best.
I have heard of you before, knowingly spoke the violinist, nodding his head sadly.
"He wears the good-luck stone," the old people said as they sat around the fire, and they nodded their heads knowingly.
The watcher grinned knowingly and, rather than enter into explanations, she hastily thrust a bill into his hand and dismissed him.
Kurds are not too particular under these circumstances, though they will not eat the meat knowingly.
British Dictionary definitions for knowing
adjective
suggesting secret information or knowledge
wise, shrewd, or clever
deliberate; intentional
noun
there is no knowing one cannot tell
Derived forms of knowing
knowingly, adverbknowingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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