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  Brady

  noun

  James Buchanan Diamond Jim, 1856–1917, U.S. financier, noted for conspicuously extravagant living.
• brady-
  brady-

  a combining form meaning “slow,” used in the formation of compound words.

Brady

¹ American  

[brey-dee] / ˈbreɪ di /

noun

1. James Buchanan Diamond Jim, 1856–1917, U.S. financier, noted for conspicuously extravagant living.

2. Mathew B., 1823?–96, U.S. photographer, especially of the Civil War.

3. a male given name.

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brady- ² American  

1. a combining form meaning “slow,” used in the formation of compound words.

   bradytelic.

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brady- British  

combining form

1. indicating slowness

   bradycardia

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Usage

What does brady- mean? Brady- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “slow.” It is used in scientific and medical terms, especially in pathology. Brady- comes from the Greek bradýs, meaning “slow, heavy.”

Etymology

Origin of brady-

< Greek, combining form of bradýs slow, heavy

Example Sentences

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Brady

Joe Bradshaw: Buffalo's new head coach Joe Brady has stepped up from offensive coordinator so knows how to get Josh Allen purring.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

But Brady made the case, and it wasn’t about bringing people into the theater.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

When an AI server rack is worth millions of dollars, customers don’t care about the price of the rails it sits on, they care about the quality, Counterpoint Research associate director Brady Wang said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

“We’re doing stuff that I didn’t ever think we’d do again in my career,” said Brady Orchard, project director of the Materials and Fuels Complex at the lab, where he has worked for 19 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Not quite as big as the Brady house, but there's a slight resemblance.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins