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Synonyms for brainy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : brey-nee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbreɪ ni



Définition of brainy

Origin :
  • 1845, from brain (n.) + -y (2). Latin equivalent cerebrosus meant "passionate, hot-headed," leading Tucker to remark that " 'Brainy' is not a natural expression for 'frantic.' "
  • adj intelligent
Example sentences :
  • We're a brainy lot of lads, and I'm the brainiest of the lot!
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • “Try and find me brainy,” he whispered to her, as soon as Flossie was out of earshot.
  • Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • She'll think it so brainy of me and be so glad I'm interested in the subject.
  • Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil
  • Why is it that the brainy girl invariably has straight hair?
  • Extract from : « Tea-Table Talk » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • It was a brainy speech, straight from the shoulder, and it got to everybody in that crowd.
  • Extract from : « Flappers and Philosophers » by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • If I hadn't been brainy and quick, they'd have adopted me out before I was ten.
  • Extract from : « The Syndic » by C.M. Kornbluth
  • I don't say that a brainy corker of a saleswoman like you would come down like that.
  • Extract from : « Roast Beef, Medium » by Edna Ferber
  • The 'Owl Party' of four who do most of the talking, are a bright and brainy quartette.
  • Extract from : « Juggernaut » by George Cary Eggleston
  • I wish all the men in the world were half as brainy as he is.
  • Extract from : « Jessica, the Heiress » by Evelyn Raymond
  • That's why none of your brainy reporters will touch the assignment.
  • Extract from : « The Prophetic Camera » by John McGreevey

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