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Definition of Brainy
1. Adjective. Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence. "A brilliant solution to the problem"
Similar to: Intelligent
Derivative terms: Brain, Brain, Brilliance, Brilliancy
Definition of Brainy
1. a. Having an active or vigorous mind.
Definition of Brainy
1. Adjective. (informal) Very intellectually capable. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brainy
1. smart [adj BRAINIER, BRAINIEST] - See also: smart
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brainy
Literary usage of Brainy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunsetby Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1912)
"The New brainy Diet System was originated by S. Le p pel. the London dietitian,
... A change to digestible brainy foods, such as suitable meats, ..."
2. Forty Years of Active Service: Being Some History of the War Between the by Charles Triplett O'Ferrall (1904)
"... CHAPTER XI CONGRESS A brainy BODY—SOME INSTANCES. The Varied Attainments of
Members—SS Cox the most Versatile man with whom I served—J. Randolph Tucker ..."
3. The Story of the Fishes by James Newton Baskett (1899)
"Where a fish wears its bones and how it moves them, and how it may not be so
brainy now as it once was; or bones, muscles, nerves, and brain. BACKBONE. ..."
4. Modern Achievement edited by Edward Everett Hale (1902)
"CHILDREN IN THE HOME "brainy" Children By MARION HARLAND AN oft-repeated and
apparently little-heeded truism is that we Americans live hard. ..."
5. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"brainy. Possessing brains ; quick-witted. 1874 Men here are for the most part
wiry, sinewy, ... 1881 The great brainy man of the cabinet.—Washington brainy. ..."
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