knowing smile - LDOCE - Longman Dictionary

knowing smile• Glancing surreptitiously around, she glimpsed knowing smiles and heads drawn close as people whispered. ... Gloriously romantic yet giddily ... knowing Wordfamily (noun) knowledgetheunknown (adjective) knowingknowledgeableknown≠unknown (verb) know (adverb) knowingly≠unknowinglyknowledgeablyFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishknowingknow‧ing/ˈnəʊɪŋ$ˈnoʊ-/adjective[onlybeforenoun]    KNOWsomethingshowingthatyouknowallaboutsomething,evenifithasnotbeendiscusseddirectly  Hegaveusaknowinglook.  Sheexchangedaknowingsmilewithhermother.ExamplesfromtheCorpusknowing•Herquestionsandknowinglooksunnervedhim,almostasifshehadfiguredhimout.•Isawhimgiveheraknowingsmileasshelefttheroom.•"Iheardwhatyouweresaying,"Mayasaidwithaknowingsmile.knowingsmile•Glancingsurreptitiouslyaround,sheglimpsedknowingsmilesandheadsdrawncloseaspeoplewhispered.•Gloriouslyromanticyetgiddilyhilarious,thismoviegivesyouaruefullyknowingsmileasitsideswiththewiseheart.•WhenGwengavearatherknowingsmile,sheblushedscarlet.•Youwouldhavebeenforgivenforaknowingsmilethen,butnowacidrainisnolaughingmatter.•NateCocelloallowedaknowingsmiletocrosshisfaceatwhatheknewwouldbethenaturalreactionsoflinemanagers.•Harry,forhispart,exchangedaknowingsmilewithPapaioannou,thenwentoninthedirectionofthevillage. Quizzes Quizzes Takeourquickquizzestopractiseyourvocabulary. Wehavethousandsofsix-questionquizzestotry. Choosefromcollocations,synonyms,phrasalverbsandmore. Moreresults knowingmyluck there’snoknowing with/knowingsomebody’sluck Seeallresults Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics History Sport Defence Tourism Seealltopics Wordoftheday moody annoyedorunhappy