knowing

adjective

1. 1

   Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent.

   The knowing and intelligent part of the world.

2. 2

   Deliberate, wilful.

3. 3

   Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning.

   a knowing rascal

4. 4

   archaicDemonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic.

   ‘I was a raw boy from College, and fancied it very knowing to marry a girl that all the young fellows of my acquaintance reckoned so confounded handsome.’

   Tom thought his cap a very knowing affair, but confessed that he had a hat in his hat-box; which was accordingly at once extracted from the hind-boot, and Tom equipped in his go-to-meeting roof, as his new friend called it.

5. 5

   Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding.

   Jon and Tyrion greet each other with the words that have been used against them as weapons, sharing a knowing smile.

   As family entertainment, it’s all perfectly fine. There are plenty of callbacks to the original to delight young fans (including a catchy new song from Shakira’s Gazelle) and plenty of knowing jokes for the adults in the audience.

preposition

1. 1

   Given my knowledge about someone or something.

   Knowing you, you would try not to be late for school.

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of knowpresent participle and gerund of know

noun

1. 1

   The act or condition of having knowledge.

   Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.

Forms

plural

knowings

comparative

more knowing

superlative

most knowing