intellectual
/ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/ adjective B2- Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive. · intellectual powers, activities, etc.
- Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness · an intellectual person
- Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect · intellectual employments
- Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind. · intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy
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But perhaps he will be more intellectual-looking when he grows up.
He thinks of nothing else save when, as an intellectual exercise, he unbends if I call upon him and ask him to advise me on one of my little problems.
It may be a mere intellectual puzzle to you, but it is life and death to me!
It has been a case for intellectual deduction, but when this original intellectual deduction is confirmed point by point by quite a number of independent incidents, then the subjective becomes objective and we can say confidently that we have reached our goal.
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