nerdy

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nerdy
Adjective
  • Her wide-ranging symphony of essays on Black womanhood is a treat—incisive, intellectual, intimate, funny, and formally inventive.
    Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
  • On the pages of National Review and, after 1966, on Firing Line, Buckley pioneered the do-your-own-research rhetorical style: whataboutism and verbal misdirections that often slipped into intellectual nihilism.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Sheila Turner-Seed died suddenly of a cerebral hemorrhage, leaving Rachel to be raised by a loving father, Brian Seed, also a noted photographer.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 June 2025
  • Your ideas, group projects or your network will get a cerebral jolt of inspiration.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 29 May 2025
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“Nerdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nerdy. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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