knowingness
Americannoun
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the quality of being aware, intelligent, well-informed, or intentional; knowing quality.
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the quality of being shrewd, sharp, or astute, or of trying to seem so in a self-conscious way.
Example Sentences
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It’s campy, it’s cheesy, it’s way more fun than you expect it to be, but there’s a knowingness to the whole endeavor.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2025
That participatory knowingness is imbued into the cinematography itself, executed by Paul Faltz on 35mm with a look that alternates between shadowy fear and gauzy fantasy.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2024
In Casey, she could also practice the knowingness that makes her such a superb audience surrogate.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2023
This knowingness is very maternal, and is cast over all of these characters like a blanket, or like signal fires themselves.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2022
And he shrank from the expression in the boy s eyes, from his knowingness.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
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