The phrase "a degree of knowing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a certain level of understanding or awareness about a subject or situation.
Example: "In this complex matter, there is a degree of knowing that only experience can provide."
Alternatives: "a level of understanding" or "a sense of awareness."
"Nothing will compensate Jane Wiggett's family for their loss but I hope they will find at least a degree of comfort knowing Daniel Spencer is required to spend the next 16 years of his life in prison before being eligible for parole," he said.
I always do this with a degree of guilt, knowing that my implicit criticism — that many more shootings by police quickly disappear from the public mind — extends to me too.
The suspects and victims (including Alex Jennings as the killer) achieved exactly the right degree of knowing woodenness.
There is no such thing as degrees of knowing: either you know or you don't.
He may draw a degree of satisfaction from knowing that during the career that has been cruelly curtailed he demonstrated that he had the qualities to be considered among his country's brightest attacking prospects.
But, added the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the diplomatic sensitivity of the issue, "there are degrees of knowing, and it wouldn't surprise me if we find out that someone close to Pasha knew".
At times Mr. Knoxville and his pals seem to be exploring, with degrees of knowing and naïveté, some of the same surrealist terrain described by Luis Buñuel in his memoir, "My Last Sigh".
Sure there's a degree of comfort that comes with knowing that smart and successful people share certain labels with you, but such labels offer little insight into the human condition, and rarely provide more than momentary consolation.
We also have microlevel studies, including some on sheepskin effects, that ask: What matters, having a degree or knowing something?
