Knowingness

Word KNOWINGNESS
Character 11
Hyphenation know ing ness
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The word "knowingness" in example sentences

The cost of the absolute knowingness, which is a fantasy, anyway, is so high. ❋ LAURIE ABRAHAM (2010)

He has perhaps like the stage villain a little too much of that cheap knowingness, which is the theatrical badge of the complete man of the world, but which gentlemen in actual life do not ordinarily affect. ❋ Dowden, Edward (1904)

It wasn't that the current version of the show (which was roughly the latter days of the Will Ferrell-era cast) had suddenly become dependent on popular culture and thus required the viewer's "knowingness"; this had always been the case, going all the way back to the golden era of Aykroyd, Belushi, and Radner. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The press will not mention it, because the press in its "knowingness" is a large part of that despair. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Suddenly, as if he had dropped from one of the wide spreading trees, a very fat boy, with a shining face and a general air of "knowingness," appeared before them. ❋ Lawrence L. Lynch (N/A)

They pile up local colour till your brain reels, and they assume a sort of man-of-the-wide-world "knowingness" which is extremely unpleasant. ❋ John Cowper Powys (1917)

There is, in this work of Alexander the younger, plenty of imitation, of convention, of that would-be knowingness which is the most amusing form of ignorance, etc., etc. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

He seems to have decided this drive has nothing to do with any sense of morality and everything to do with our need, as individuals, to attain power by maintaining a level of "knowingness" (defined in terms of information, by the bulkload, rather than knowledge). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then he sits and Jensen Ackles delivers an amazing look of self-referential 'knowingness' that speaks volumes for what is really going through at that exact moment. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Love's beautiful voice has strength, resilience, and knowingness that remain fresh and edgy. ❋ S.X. Rosenstock (2011)

Also, traffic/equipment violations do not require mens rea, or a showing of intent, knowingness, criminal negligence or recklessness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It has a journalistic brio, and is full of an insider's knowingness: Carole Caplin bans sandwiches; Tony won't take calls from Bush when he is watching The Simpsons; it is suggested Rupert Murdoch had his finger in the pie and helped nudge Blair towards war. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Mr. Riccardi—writing with the fervor of an advocate, the skill of a critic and the knowingness of a musician he is a pianist as well as a writer—gives us something vivid on every page of "What a Wonderful World." ❋ Tom Nolan (2011)

With so much to savorthe sensuality of Adam Thirlwell’s “Nigora, ” the knowingness of George Saunder’s “Puppy”this anthology will sate even the most famished short story fan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Many times, in the course of the day, alertly and nonchalantly, almost with a quizzical knowingness, Jerry cocked his head at the mainsail when it made sudden swooping movements or slacked and tautened its crashing sheet-gear. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There’s something about that blend of adult knowingness and innocence that I find incredibly compelling. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was reminded of something that the legendary CIA counterintelligence chief James Angleton had once told me with an air of mysterious knowingness: “The past telescopes into the future.” ❋ Ron Rosenbaum (2011)

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