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[sah-REE-brahl, SER-ah-brahl] 
1. (as in anatomy or zoology) of or relating to the cerebrum or brain
2. involving or requiring the use of the intellect rather than emotion or instinct: "The best business leaders combine a cerebral approach to management with a visceral feel for the market."
adverb form: cerebrally
Origin:
Approximately 1816; borrowed from French, 'cerebral'; from Latin, 'cerebrum': brain + French suffix 'al.' In Action:
"But as a coach, he loomed larger than most, and impressed his will on a variety of teams on which he imparted a variety of styles. He synthesized the Eastern style of give-and- go with a more cerebral offense when that was warranted."
Gerald Eskenazi. "Alex Hannum, Hall of Fame Basketball Coach, Dies at 78," The New York Times (January 22, 2002).
"Twenty-five years ago, the prospect of Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro teaming up in a movie would have been unimaginably thrilling: two Vito Corleones, the former the greatest American film actor of all time, the latter (it seemed likely) the greatest of his generation. The always-flaky Brando was by then flaking off into the ether, finding diversion only in one-upping his co-stars; but his perversity at least kept him right there in the moment, toying with the bizarre possibilities of his lines even as he threw them away. The young De Niro, meanwhile, was incapable of artifice: Every impulse seemed to travel through a mile-long cerebral loop before it finally expressed itself in word or gesture."
David Edelstein. "Crash of the Titans: Brando and De Niro stumble through 'The Score'," Slate.com (July 13, 2001).
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