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In literature, "knowledgeable" often describes characters whose expertise and experience set them apart. It may refer to clear-cut mastery of language and trade ([1], [2]), serve to evoke respected authority in fields such as military strategy or art ([3], [4]), or capture a deeper, almost mystical understanding of life that comes with age and repeated experience ([5], [6]). The word is versatile—used to commend practical skill as in being well-versed on culinary matters ([7]) or in matters of drugs and conservation ([8], [9]), and sometimes even to lend a touch of humor or irony when a character's impressive verbal command belies a more down-to-earth nature ([10], [11]). Ultimately, its use enriches narrative voices, establishing credibility and nuance within the text ([12], [13]).
  1. They needed someone knowledgeable of English in the information booth in an air-conditioned cubicle at a skytrain station.
    — from Corpus of a Siam Mosquito by Steven David Justin Sills
  2. Also, trading between boroughs kept them knowledgeable about each other's customs and conditions for trade, which then tended to standardize.
    — from Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III by S. A. Reilly
  3. So it has been praised by some knowledgeable military observers and condemned by others.
    — from The Memoirs of General Baron de Marbot by Marbot, Jean-Baptiste-Antoine-Marcelin, baron de
  4. And so I advise anybody who comes into this business to get knowledgeable about decorative arts."
    — from 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard
  5. Only older souls, with the experience of many earthly lives stored in their beings, are knowledgeable."
    — from The Bright Messenger by Algernon Blackwood
  6. And as to Finn himself, he was a king and a seer and a poet; a Druid and a knowledgeable man; and everything he said was sweet-sounding to his people.
    — from Gods and Fighting Men The story of the Tuatha de Danaan and of the Fianna of Ireland, arranged and put into English by Lady Gregory by Lady Gregory
  7. Extremely knowledgeable about restaurants, he lists the Russian Tea Room and Pearl's Chinese Restaurant as his favorites.
    — from 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard
  8. Parents Recognizing Drug Use Recommendation #3 : Be knowledgeable about drugs and signs of drug use.
    — from What Works: Schools Without Drugs by United States. Department of Education
  9. Alison Pearson who was burnt in 1588 might have been Biddy Early or any other knowledgeable woman in Ireland today.
    — from Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland, First Series
  10. It is astonishing, my lady, the wisdom of some dumb animals: Crisp can't bear the sight of him; but Crisp is very knowledgeable!"
    — from The Buccaneer: A Tale by Hall, S. C., Mrs.
  11. DORANTE: Madame, Monsieur Jourdain is very knowledgeable.
    — from The Middle-Class Gentleman by Molière
  12. From the perspective of those who are knowledgeable in the field, there is a moral continuum.
    — from The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
  13. He had to remember that his uncle was an experienced captain, a knowledgeable warrior.
    — from The Men in the Walls by William Tenn

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