Knowingly

Examples

• Tom said this with one eye shut up again, and looking over his glass knowingly, at his entertainer. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Mr Venus knowingly cocked his shock of hair, as rather thinking Mr Wegg had remembered himself, in respect of appearing without any disguise. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The railway, at this point, knowingly shutting a green eye and opening a red one, they had to run for it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You must ask our friend opposite about that,' said the host knowingly, indicating the clergyman by a nod of his head. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It is very knowingly done indeed, and seems to have taken _you_ in completely. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• She twisted her face in a smile, and glanced knowingly, almost sneering, at Gerald. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Miss Wren, stopping to bite her thread, looked at him very knowingly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Perhaps he won't want it again, replied the lackey, looking knowingly at his master. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Men often act knowingly against their interest: For which reason the view of the greatest possible good does not always influence them. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Now, Mademoiselle Lucy, look at me, and with that truth which I believe you never knowingly violate, answer me one question. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Grandfather, who never knowingly sat at table with a Democrat in his life. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

Typist: Weldon