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