knowingとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊɪŋ/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊɪŋ/
• 韻: -əʊɪŋ

形容詞

knowing (comparative more knowing, superlative most knowing)

1. Possessing knowledge or understanding; knowledgeable, intelligent. [from 14th c.]
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:

     The knowing and intelligent part of the world.

2. Deliberate, wilful. [from 16th c.]
3. Shrewd or showing clever awareness; discerning. [from 17th c.]

   a knowing rascal

4. Demonstrating knowledge of what is in fashion; stylish, chic. [from 18th c.]
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview 2001, p. 173:

     ‘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.’

5. The ability to know something without being taught.
6. Suggestive of private knowledge or understanding. [from 19th c.]
   • 2017 July 30, Ali Barthwell, “Ice and fire finally meet in a front-loaded episode of Game Of Thrones (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

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