Knowing
['nəʊɪŋ] or ['noɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a clear and certain mental apprehension.
(adj.) highly educated; having extensive information or understanding; 'knowing instructors'; 'a knowledgeable critic'; 'a knowledgeable audience' .
(adj.) evidencing the possession of inside information .
Checked by Darren--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Know
(a.) Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog.
(a.) Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal.
(n.) Knowledge; hence, experience.
Typist: Wesley
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Intelligent, skilful, competent, qualified, experienced, accomplished, proficient, well-informed.
Typist: Pansy
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Shrewd, {[-instate]?}, discerning, sharp, acute, sagacious, penetrating,proficient, skillful, intelligent, experienced, well-informed, accomplished
ANT:Simple, dull, innocent, gullible, undiscerning, stolid, {[siuy]?}
Typist: Naomi
Examples
- He tried to look knowing over the Latin grammar when little Rawdon showed him what part of that work he was in. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mrs. Bulstrode did not wish to go nearer to the facts than in the phrase make some amends; knowing that her husband must understand her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He wondered at her, knowing she was aware of his presence. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He told me, in return, that he wondered I had arrived at my time of life, without knowing that a doctor's skin was waterproof. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- My horse must be like the others, but I have at least the consolation of not knowing it to be so. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Not knowing what else to do with my girl while I was nursing in Cumberland, I put her to school at Limmeridge. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- One was called the Ars Memorandi, or Art of Remembering, and the other the Ars Moriendi, or Art of Knowing How to Die. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is inconceivable that this fellow could have made two such vindictive enemies as these appear to be without knowing of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- As she said it, Miss Wren suddenly broke off, screwed up her eyes and her chin, and looked prodigiously knowing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- That prying scoundrel, Hartright, may come back without my knowing it, and may make use of her to-morrow---- Not he, Percival! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I begin to think I must be a swell in the Guards without knowing it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Well, Guster, my girl, said he, at first not knowing what to say. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Did you do those two things, without knowing it, too? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Who gave me the laudanum, without my knowing it myself? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And once or twice lately, when he was alone in the evening and had nothing to do, he had suddenly stood up in terror, not knowing what he was. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Edited by Jeremy