Definitions

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  • adjective knowing everything.

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  • adjective Knowing everything; omniscient.

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  • adjective infinitely wise

Etymologies

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From all- +‎ knowing.

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Examples

  • He fixes the camera with the unapologetic gaze of an all-knowing raptor, while delivering bite-sized nuggets on the human condition.

    Crown & Country by David Starkey - review Charles Spencer 2010

  • We do not worship a God who is merely all-powerful, all-knowing, and all-loving.

    Charles Redfern: Demolishing A Christmas Fixation Charles Redfern 2011

  • Are we setting those off to tell God that we are still alive, or is it to get his all-knowing attention so we can tell him about our problems?

    No Bells? 2009

  • Jennifer is the all-knowing sage of Morelia and she provided an excellent list of hotels.

    Morelia and more!! 2009

  • Jennifer is the all-knowing sage of Morelia and she provided an excellent list of hotels.

    Morelia and more!! 2009

  • It is simple, Obama is not ... all-knowing and all-wise, he is a mere limited and imperfect and sinful created biengs just like the rest of us, while the Creator God is all -, ighty and omnipotent.

    Two senators say House health-care proposal is dead 2009

  • It's not as if there's some all-knowing person with a crystal ball who can somehow forecast the weather. . .

    SNL And The New Yorker Spoof Mayor Bloomberg (VIDEO) Jonah Green 2011

  • It's not as if there's some all-knowing person with a crystal ball who can somehow forecast the weather. . .

    SNL And The New Yorker Spoof Mayor Bloomberg (VIDEO) Jonah Green 2011

  • If you want absolute certainty, opt for the latter, but if you care at all about justice, you just have to accept the fact that the state is not all-knowing and cannot be trusted to keep people locked up for the rest of their lives just because it has kind of a bad feeling about them.

    Matthew Yglesias » Gitmo “Recidivism” 2010

  • Jennifer is the all-knowing sage of Morelia and she provided an excellent list of hotels.

    Morelia and more!! 2009

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