Knowingness \Know"ing*ness\, n. The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness.
knowingness n 1: 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