as in intelligent
having or showing quickness of mind a brainy student who didn't fit in socially

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Recent Examples on the Web The sentimental Moon enters brainy Aquarius and trines idealistic Jupiter, keeping our heads in the clouds. Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 27 May 2024 His bandmates were equally brainy: Mr. Gottlieb had a doctorate in musicology and Mr. Yarbrough once worked as a bouncer to pay for Greek lessons. Clay Risen, New York Times, 12 May 2024 Now entering his third season as the Minnesota Vikings’ head coach, O’Connell, 38, partners with brainy General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah, a former Ivy League basketball player who holds economics degrees from Princeton and Stanford. Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Feb. 2024 And Villeneuve, who proved once again his prowess for making cinematic sense of Frank Herbert’s bold vision, is the kind of director who can turn brainy sci-fi stories into broadly appealing big-screen spectacles. Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for brainy 

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“Brainy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brainy. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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