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Intellectual Work Adjective Means Involving Person's Ability Understand

word intellectual
definition
adjective
Intellectual means involving a person's ability to think and to understand ideas and information .
High levels of lead could damage the intellectual development of children.
He has written seven thrillers, and clearly enjoys intellectual pursuits.
...intellectually satisfying work.
Intellectually, I was completely prepared for that type of work.
noun
An intellectual is someone who spends a lot of time studying and thinking about complicated ideas.
...teachers, artists and other intellectuals.
They were very intellectual and witty.
...an intellectual elite.
inflections intellectualsintellectually
cefr-level C1

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