studied

English

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstʌdid/
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Verb

studied

  1. simple past and past participle of study

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Adjective

studied

  1. Practiced; self-conscious; careful.
    She gave a studied reply.
    • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest‎:
      He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
  2. (dated) Qualified by, or versed in, study; learned.
    He is well studied in theology.
    • c. 1969, O. K. Bouwsma, “An Introduction to Nietzsche’s Letters”, in J. L. Craft, Ronald E. Hustwit, editors, Without Proof or Evidence: Essays of O. K. Bouwsma, published 1984, →ISBN, page 122:
      I asked a man well read, well studied in Nietzsche, what the lifelong task was. He could not say. He had only read and studied and loved Nietzsche’s books.

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