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brainy
What does brainy mean?
brainy (adjective): having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use brainy in a sentence?
- They're brainy types. (Tatoeba sentence #12033000 by shekitten, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce brainy?
/ˈbɹeɪni/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does brainy come from?
From Middle English brayny; equivalent to brain + -y.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of brainy?
Words related to brainy
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “brainy” mean?
having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
Right! That's what “brainy” means.
refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style
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marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful
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being between two extremes, or in the middle of a range
Not quite: that's what intermediate means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “brainy”?
conscious
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anonymous
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brilliant
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identical
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