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Knowingness

Knowingness \Know"ing*ness\, n. The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.

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knowingness

n. The quality or state of being knowing.

WordNet
knowingness
  1. n. having knowledge of; "he had no awareness of his mistakes"; "his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced"; "their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive" [syn: awareness, consciousness, cognizance, cognisance]

  2. shrewdness demonstrated by knowledge

Usage examples of "knowingness".

The young Count d'Aranda, to whom I had restored his humble name of Trenti, was quite resigned, but proud of having given me a specimen of his knowingness by riding post.

Also there was a knowingness, as if, like Schurz, she saw through his facade.