1 [usuallybeforenoun] connected with or using a person's ability to think in a logical way and understand things
SYNMENTAL:
intellectual development / curiosity * an intellectual novel
2 (of a person) well educated and enjoying activities in which you have to think seriously about things:
She's very intellectual.
intellectually adverb:
intellectually challenging / gifted
intellectualism noun [U] (usually disapproving)
noun a person who is well educated and enjoys activities in which they have to think seriously about things
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