studied
adjective
[ ˈstʌdɪd ]
• (of a quality or result) achieved or maintained by careful and deliberate effort.
• "he treated them with studied politeness"
Similar:
deliberate,
careful,
thoughtful,
considered,
conscious,
calculated,
intentional,
volitional,
designed,
mannered,
measured,
studious,
knowing,
purposeful,
guarded,
contrived,
affected,
forced,
strained,
laboured,
feigned,
artificial,
overworked,
overdone,
self-conscious,
study
verb
• devote time and attention to gaining knowledge of (an academic subject), especially by means of books.
• "I studied classics at college"
Similar:
learn,
read,
read up on,
work at,
be taught,
be tutored in,
mug up on,
• look at closely in order to observe or read.
• "she bent her head to study the plans"
Similar:
scrutinize,
examine,
inspect,
consider,
regard,
look at,
eye,
observe,
watch,
survey,
keep an eye on,
keep under surveillance,
clock,
check out,
eyeball,
• make an effort to achieve (a result) or take into account (a person or their wishes).
• "with no husband to study, housekeeping is mere play"
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French estudie (noun), estudier (verb), both based on Latin studium ‘zeal, painstaking application’.
