studious
adjective
[ ˈstjuːdɪəs ]
• spending a lot of time studying or reading.
• "he was quiet and studious"
Similar:
scholarly,
academic,
bookish,
book-loving,
intellectual,
erudite,
learned,
donnish,
serious,
earnest,
thoughtful,
cerebral,
brainy,
swotty,
• done deliberately or with a purpose in mind.
• "his studious absence from public view"
Similar:
deliberate,
wilful,
conscious,
calculated,
intentional,
volitional,
designed,
mannered,
measured,
studied,
knowing,
purposeful,
contrived,
artificial,
Origin:
Middle English: from Latin studiosus, from studium ‘painstaking application’.
