Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Informal Intelligent; smart.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Having a good brain; intelligent; sharp-witted; quick of comprehension.
Wiktionary
- adj. informal Very intellectually capable.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. colloq. Having an active or vigorous mind.
- adj. highly intelligent.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
Examples
“Remy Bumppo Theatre Company, which specializes in brainy, challenging scripts, is doing a real service to the republic of letters by producing "Night and Day," the most obscure of Tom Stoppard's major plays.”
“I've noted before how the printed page tends to flatter the screamy rather than the brainy companions, and Peri, though nominally brainy, is in fact screamy.”
“Ms. Steele, with her slim face and eager smile, has been described as "brainy.”
“(Or to be defined as brainy at all, for that matter.)”
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“Or to be defined as brainy at all, for that matter.”
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“In her years with the New York City Ballet, Verdy was known as a brainy, musical and wonderfully expressive dancer; here she puts all those skills to work as a writer.”
“They're not exactly known as brainy guys or even as using their heads.”
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“Schooled in crime by Arnold Rothstein, he was known as a brainy tough guy.”
“Washington: Three Indian-Americans students have made it to the top 10 in what has been described as the brainy version of American Idol, introducing America's next top scientist.”
“There's a certain element of the electorate which does not like the idea of brainy, well-educated, supremely qualified people in high office.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘brainy’.
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Words related to knowledge
Words that relate to learning, knowing, being enlightened...
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
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brain phrases/words
how brain is used
boiled brains, brain-ache, brain atom, brain axis, brain ball, brain-begot, brain-being, brain-born, brain brat, brain-break, brain-breaking, brain-bred and 140 more...
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INTERP - speeches can be...
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Ideas
brainchild, inspiration, muse, genius, eureka, discovery, intellectual prop..., intangible asset, goodwill, patented, savant, brainiac and 76 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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The O.U.P. Junior Dictionary Neophytes
Counterpart to the Death Row list.
blog, broadband, mp3 player, voicemail, attachment, database, export, chatroom, bullet point, cut and paste, analogue, celebrity and 40 more...
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