Literary notes about knowledgeable (AI summary)
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]).
- 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Only older souls, with the experience of many earthly lives stored in their beings, are knowledgeable."
— from The Bright Messenger by Algernon Blackwood - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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. - DORANTE: Madame, Monsieur Jourdain is very knowledgeable.
— from The Middle-Class Gentleman by Molière - 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 - He had to remember that his uncle was an experienced captain, a knowledgeable warrior.
— from The Men in the Walls by William Tenn