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STUDIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marked by care and effort
Example:
made a studious attempt to fix the television set
Classified under:
Similar:
careful (exercising caution or showing care or attention)
Derivation:
studiousness (diligent study)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
Example:
a quiet studious child
Synonyms:
bookish; studious
Classified under:
Similar:
scholarly (characteristic of scholars or scholarship)
Derivation:
studiousness (diligent study)
study (applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading))
Context examples:
The war is over, and Mr. March safely at home, busy with his books and the small parish which found in him a minister by nature as by grace, a quiet, studious man, rich in the wisdom that is better than learning, the charity which calls all mankind 'brother', the piety that blossoms into character, making it august and lovely.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Then she thought consolingly to herself, Mine are not like that, they are only silly, never bad, so I won't be worried, and taking up her book, she said, with a studious face, Shall we go on, Sir?
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A distinguished personage happened to visit the school that morning, and Amy's beautifully drawn maps received praise, which honor to her foe rankled in the soul of Miss Snow, and caused Miss March to assume the airs of a studious young peacock.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
