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brainy
[ brey-nee ]
adjective
- intelligent; clever; intellectual.
brainy
/ ˈbreɪnɪ /
adjective
- informal.clever; intelligent
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Derived Forms
- ˈbrainily, adverb
- ˈbraininess, noun
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Other Words From
- braini·ly adverb
- braini·ness noun
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Example Sentences
After still one more failed engagement, Day married Esther Milnes, a brainy heiress who was utterly enchanted with his ideas.
They posted sensationalistic stories online, with headlines like “Brainy Ex-Model Suing Google.”
This will rightfully be marketed as a thriller, but it belongs among the brainy examples of the genre, like those by Robert Stone.
“I was the Hermione,” she said, referring to the brainy Harry Potter character.
Beautiful, brainy, and bossy—on the surface, Gu Kailai was a new breed of Politburo wife.
We've been waiting for you; you're all that's lacking—the brainy guy to sit behind the scenes and manage the thing.
They were brave, brainy, patriotic men, not disturbed by the abuse heaped upon them.
I remember that my brainy partner is counting khaki trousers in the Army clothing department.
His face was awfully white; not that brainy pallor that was familiar—something else!
Strong brainy men give themselves wholly to the task, and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars within a few months.
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