cerebrally
In brainy fashion
In a way that emphasizes intellect over emotion or physicality.
A cerebrally demanding puzzle engages the mind; a cerebrally appealing film rewards thinking rather than sensation.
The movie works cerebrally but leaves you cold emotionally.
The word often carries a faint suggestion of detachment—all head, no heart.
Drawing logical conclusions
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
- deductiveDeriving specifics from generals
inductive · critical · objective · diagnostic · algorithmic · empirical · quantitative · statistical
Marked by serious learning
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- academicRelating to education or theory
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- theoreticalBased on hypothesis, untested
learned · professorial · bookish · pedantic · didactic · highbrow · intellectually · abstractly
In the mind
- cognitivelyPertaining to thought processes
- consciouslyWith deliberate awareness
- perceptivelyWith keen awareness
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
intellection · comprehension · understanding · perception · conception · ideation · thinking · processing
With deep thought
- introspectivelyWith self-examination
- meditativelyIn thoughtful reflection
- thoughtfullyWith careful consideration
- pensivelyIn a reflective manner
ruminatively · musingly · contemplation · reflection · introspection · meditation · deliberation · pondering
reasoning
Drawing logical conclusions
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- methodicalOrganized and deliberate
- systematicFollowing ordered procedures
deductive · inductive · critical · objective · diagnostic · algorithmic · empirical · quantitative · statistical · heuristic
scholarly
Marked by serious learning
- eruditeProfoundly knowledgeable
- academicRelating to education or theory
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
theoretical · learned · professorial · bookish · pedantic · didactic · highbrow · intellectually · abstractly · academically
mentally
In the mind
- cognitivelyPertaining to thought processes
- consciouslyWith deliberate awareness
- perceptivelyWith keen awareness
cognition · intellection · comprehension · understanding · perception · conception · ideation · thinking · processing · awareness
reflectively
With deep thought
- introspectivelyWith self-examination
- meditativelyIn thoughtful reflection
- thoughtfullyWith careful consideration
pensively · ruminatively · musingly · contemplation · reflection · introspection · meditation · deliberation · pondering · musing
cerebrallyemotionally
Regarding inner feelings
passionately · sentimentally · from the heart · with feeling · temperamentally
cerebrallyintuitively
By innate understanding
instinctively · unreflectively · spiritually · impulsively · spontaneously
cerebrallyviscerally
In a primal way
physically · bodily · sensually · somatically · instinctually
- cerebral palsyNeurological disorder impairing motor function
- cerebral cortexBrain's outer neural sheet
- cerebral hemorrhageBleeding within the brain
- cerebral hemisphereLateral brain division
- cerebral aneurysmBulging artery in brain
- cerebral arteryBlood vessel supplying brain