English-Thai Dictionary

knowing

ADJ รอบรู้  ฉลาด  พหูสูต  wise rob-ru

 

knowing

N การรับรู้  perception kan-rab-ru

 

knowingly

ADV อย่าง รู้เท่าทัน  intentionally wisely yang-ru-tao-kan

 

knowingness

N ความ ฉลาด หลักแหลม  kam-cha-lard-lak-laem

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KNOWING

ppr. no'ing. 1. Having clear and certain perception of.
2. a. Skillful; well informed; well instructed; as a knowing man.
The knowing and intelligent part of the world.
3. Conscious; intelligent.
A knowing prudent cause.

 

KNOWING

n.no'ing. Knowledge.

 

KNOWINGLY

adv. no'ingly. With knowledge. He would not knowingly offend.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KNOWING

KNOWING Know "ing, a.

 

1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog. The knowing and intelligent part of the world. South.

 

2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [Colloq. ]

 

KNOWING

KNOWING Know "ing, n.

 

Defn: Knowledge; hence, experience. " In my knowing. " Shak. This sore night Hath trifled former knowings. Shak.

 

KNOWINGLY

KNOWINGLY Know "ing *ly, adv.

 

1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype.

 

2. By experience. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

KNOWINGNESS

KNOWINGNESS Know "ing *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

knowing

know ing |ˈnōiNG ˈnoʊɪŋ | ▶adjective 1 showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness that is secret or known to only a few people: a knowing smile. • chiefly derogatory experienced or shrewd, esp. excessively or prematurely so: today's society is too knowing, too corrupt. 2 done in full awareness or consciousness: a knowing breach of the order by the appellants. ▶noun the state of being aware or informed. PHRASES there is no knowing no one can tell. DERIVATIVES know ing ness noun

 

knowingly

know ing ly |ˈnōiNGli ˈnoʊɪŋli | ▶adverb 1 in a way that suggests one has secret knowledge or awareness: Amy looked at me knowingly. 2 in full awareness or consciousness; deliberately: when a journalist knowingly misleads the readers.

 

Oxford Dictionary

knowing

know |ing |ˈnəʊɪŋ | ▶adjective 1 showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness that is secret or known to only a few people: a knowing smile. • chiefly derogatory experienced or shrewd, especially excessively or prematurely so: today's society is too knowing, too corrupt. 2 done in full awareness or consciousness: a knowing breach of the order by the appellants. ▶noun [ mass noun ] the state of being aware or informed. PHRASES there is no knowing no one can tell: if we go there's no knowing what will happen. DERIVATIVES knowingness noun

 

knowingly

know |ing ¦ly |ˈnəʊɪŋli | ▶adverb 1 in a way that suggests one has secret knowledge or awareness: Amy looked at me knowingly. 2 in full awareness or consciousness; deliberately: when a journalist knowingly misleads their readers.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

knowing

knowing adjective 1 a knowing smile: significant, meaningful, eloquent, expressive, suggestive; arch, sly, mischievous, impish, teasing, playful. 2 she's a very knowing child: sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise, urbane, experienced; knowledgeable, well-informed, enlightened; shrewd, astute, canny, sharp, wily, perceptive. 3 a knowing infringement of the rules: deliberate, intentional, conscious, calculated, willful, done on purpose, premeditated, planned, preconceived.

 

knowingly

knowingly adverb a civil court jury agreed that the auto maker did not knowingly design a faulty vehicle: deliberately, intentionally, consciously, wittingly, on purpose, by design, premeditatedly, willfully.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

knowing

knowing adjective 1 she gave a knowing smile: significant, meaningful, eloquent, expressive, suggestive, speaking; arch, sly, cunning, mischievous, impish, teasing, playful; enigmatic. 2 she's a very knowing child: sophisticated, worldly, worldly-wise, urbane, unprovincial, experienced, seasoned; knowledgeable, well informed, enlightened; shrewd, astute, acute, canny, sharp, wily, aware, perceptive, perspicacious; informal having been around. ANTONYMS ingenuous, innocent. 3 a knowing infringement of the rules: deliberate, intentional, conscious, intended, calculated, wilful, volitional, purposeful, done on purpose, premeditated, preconceived, pre-planned, planned, aforethought. ANTONYMS accidental.

 

knowingly

knowingly adverb the chairman denied that the company knowingly misled the public: deliberately, intentionally, consciously, wittingly, with full knowledge, in full awareness, with one's eyes open, on purpose, by design, calculatedly, premeditatedly, studiedly, wilfully, purposefully, willingly. ANTONYMS accidentally, unawares.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

knowing

kn ó w ing 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗(秘密を )知っていそうな, 訳知り顔の 〈表情 笑いなど 〉▸ She gave us a knowing look .彼女は私にいかにもわかってますよというふうな顔をした 2 知っている, 物知りの ; 利口な .3 ｟主にけなして ｠抜け目のない, ずるい .4 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗意図した, 故意の .

 

knowingly

kn ó w ing ly 副詞 1 ｟かたく ｠(悪いことと )知りながら, 故意に (deliberately ); 〖～ that節 〗…ということを承知の上で ▸ knowingly hire illegal aliens 不法入国の外国人である事実を知っていながら雇う 2 知ったかぶりをして, 訳知り顔に 〈うなずく 微笑む 〉.