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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Showalter has assembled the perfect trio of actors for the material, because all three have a knowingness about the way they play the duality of their characters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
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
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
Strangers smiled and nodded with looks of knowingness as they listened to my mother’s memories.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022
Death would be a complete knowingness, but what frightened him was this: not knowing beforehand what it was he would know.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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