studied

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈstʌd.id/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstʌd.id/, [ˈstʌɾ.id]

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Verb

studied

1. simple past and past participle of study

Derived terms

• studiedly
• studiedness

Adjective

studied

1. Practiced; self-conscious; careful; not spontaneous.

   She gave a studied reply.

   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve, Seal Press, page 29:

     I promise, if I wake up as a girl, I will make up for it by having many boys, who will be the most studied and pious boys.

Anagrams

• dudiest