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# brainy

«brainy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very clever and good at thinking and learning** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (brainy, brainier, brainiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Very clever and good at thinking and learning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/#m1)

2) (informal) Smart in a bookish way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brainy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brainy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.