Nerdy
Nerdy adjective - Much given to learning and thinking.
Smart
Smart adjective - Being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance.
Both words in one sentence
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The Suite Life on Deck: The studious twin Cody is paired with Bailey who is just as smart and nerdy as he is.
Source: Pair the Smart Ones -
Actually, this trope is deconstructed: He only becomes evil because Captain Hammer thinks all smart and nerdy guys are evil, and thusly treated him as a villain even when he was not yet one, so he became a villain because he was seen as a one anyway.
Source: Morally Ambiguous Doctorate -
Ben Grimm is overlooked, but is almost as nerdy and smart as Reed.
Source: Comicbook / Fantastic Four
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