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Brainy means (informal) Very intellectually capable..
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/ˈbɹeɪni/ · adjective
(informal) Very intellectually capable..
She's brainy as well as pretty.
You shal vnderstande that there springeth of the brayny substaunce of his for*most Ventrikles, two senewes, […]
There is a hammer and an anuile [within the ear]: whereof the hammer, ſtricking vpon the anuile, muſt of neceſſity beate off ſuch litle partes of the brainy ſteames, as flying about do light and ſticke vpon the toppe of the anuile: […]
The Blood, being by the Syſtole or Conſtriction of the Heart Driven out of it in a Fœtus, by it’s Appetite to the Expanſive hovers upon the Baſis, whither the Contractive Force Purſues and Surrounds it, and as the Blood is ſtill Pulſed forwards and Expands it ſelf, and the Nervous or Brainy Subſtance by it’s Contractive Incloſes and Inveſts it, The Beginning of the Arteria Pulmonaris and the Canalis Arterioſus is Formed, and after that, the Aorta with it’s ſeveral Aſcending and Deſcending Branches; […]
The two white threads, which in reuniting have ſtill left ſome ſpace between them, incloſe five little bags, which are the brainy ſubſtance, and the ſpinal marrow, which goes through to its extremity.
It is most worthy of observation, that throughout the centre of this flexible spinal column exists a somewhat three-sided tube, for the purpose of containing the portion of the nervous system, improperly denominated the spinal marrow, a nervous or brainy production, on which the sensation and motion of the body and limbs depend, and which is connected superiorly with the greater brain before, and the lesser behind.
Besides this, the dislocation of the vertebræ lost me the power of revolving the head or of knowing exactly where my perforations were being made. The first I made did not answer, for I found I could not from it reach the brain. Another, accordingly, was made higher up, and from it a little brainy substance was brought out on the perforator.
If the fish is a large one, say, over three pounds, you must break open the skull from the inside to dig out the white brainy substance, filling the cavity with cotton wadding well mixed with saltpetre, powdered fine.
Use brainy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Brainy means (informal) Very intellectually capable..
Common synonyms include clever, smart, astute, brainy.
Possible antonyms include half-brained, brainless, addlebrained, addlepated.
She's brainy as well as pretty.
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