Knack

Definitions

1. A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
2. A surname.
3. A petty contrivance; a toy.
4. Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.

Equivalents

Examples

“These men had some uncanny knack of knowing when the steel was right, and like⟳ many such things, it just could not be put⟳ into a textbook on the subject.”

“The sophist runs for cover⟳ to the darkness of what is not and attaches himself to it by some knack of his;”

“And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place⟳ at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.”

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