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# brainy

adjective (brainy, brainier, brainiest)

«brainy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (informal) Very clever and good at thinking and learning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/#m1)
2. (informal) Smart in a bookish way. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday talk «brainy» is a friendly or teasing way to say clever; a «brainbox» (UK) or «brainiac» (US) is a very brainy person. In stories the brainy friend often solves the puzzle. Some children feel teased when called brainy, so use it kindly.

### Examples

- My sister is really brainy at maths. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/#x1)
- The brainy kid in the film builds a robot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/#x2)
- You don't have to be brainy to be kind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/#x3)
- She's the brainiest girl in our class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/#x4)
- Owls are thought of as brainy birds in stories. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/#x5)
- Ask Tom, he's brainy about dinosaurs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/#x6)

### Note

Informal. Comparisons: brainier, brainiest (y changes to i). Myth: owls are not actually cleverer than other birds. Synonyms: clever, smart, bright.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brainy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brainy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brainy.html) on Mova free.