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brainy

[brey-nee] / ˈbreɪ ni /
ADJECTIVE
intelligent
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While corvids and parrots are unquestionably brainy, they flounder with some cognitive tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Less known-but similarly compelling—is the brainy leap that’s happening with my best sport, eating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Deutch is as twinkly as ever, but the breakout is Ben Wang as an ambitious CAA receptionist, the brainy Scarecrow of the group.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

Sir Stephen Fry lived up to his brainy reputation over breakfast, by predicting the chessboard was back: "I could be a knight - oh, I already am," he joked.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

How could he ever have thought that wedge of hair was anything but brainy?

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett




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