brainy
Americanadjective
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brainier,
comparative
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brainiest
superlative
adjective
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The academic gloves are off — which isn’t to say that it’s not brainy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
In a World Cup where the boffins with their big brainy heads and their super computers are working overtime on who might play who in the last 32, there are other calculations worth conjuring with.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
While corvids and parrots are unquestionably brainy, they flounder with some cognitive tasks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
The ad, titled “Good Will Dunkin’,” featured Affleck as the original brainy Boston math whiz, who happens to work at Dunkin’ and arranges a display of Munchkins in a Fibonacci sequence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Somewhere between super popular and well'liked: not brainy, not jocks, not rich, not druggies, not mean, not goody-goody, not huge, not flat.
From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio
“Midnight Suns” comes from 2K Games’ Firaxis studio, known for brainier challenges like “Civilization” and “XCOM.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2022
Though they lack nerve cells, sponges have some of the same specialized genes for synapses that brainier creatures possess, studies have shown.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 3, 2021
Even you acknowledge this when the live studio audience doesn't laugh at one of your brainier opening punchlines.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2021
"It is gonna be a no brainier," Hong said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 13, 2021
There is no land on earth which has produced such quaint and curious characters as the great mountainous regions of the South, and yet no country has produced nobler or brainier men.
From Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales by Robert L. Taylor
One of the brainiest, funniest comedies of the year..
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2025
Britain's brainiest kid went on to achieve three maths degrees including one from Cambridge, and is currently studying for his PhD.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2023
A scientist and tech-tinkerer, she’s always the brainiest person in the room, giving Q from the James Bond series a run for his money by inventing the coolest gadgets.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2018
Of those choreographers, Cunningham and Ms. Brown were among the brainiest.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2017
“My brother’s the brainiest kid I’ve ever met, but that clearly doesn’t translate to street smarts.”
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
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