studied

  • 11studied — [[t]stʌ̱did[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A studied action is deliberate or planned. → See also study We both have an interesting 10 days coming up, said Alex Ferguson with studied understatement. Ant: unstudied …

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  • 12studied — adjective a studied way of behaving is deliberate and often insincere because you have planned your behaviour carefully: She spoke with studied politeness …

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  • 13studied — UK [ˈstʌdɪd] / US adjective studied behaviour is planned and deliberate, so that it often seems false studied calm/indifference …

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  • 14studied — stud•ied [[t]ˈstʌd id[/t]] adj. 1) marked by conscious effort; not spontaneous: studied simplicity[/ex] 2) carefully deliberated: a studied approval[/ex] 3) learned • Etymology: 1520–30 stud′ied•ly, adv. stud′ied•ness, n …

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  • 15studied — adjective produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation a studied smile a note of biting irony and studied insult V.L.Parrington • Ant: ↑unstudied • See Also: ↑affected, ↑unnatural …

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  • 16studied — adj. Studied is used with these nouns: ↑indifference …

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  • 17studied — adjective the words were said with studied politeness Syn: deliberate, careful, considered, conscious, calculated, intentional; affected, forced, strained, artificial …

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  • 18studied — /ˈstʌdid / (say studeed) adjective 1. marked by or suggestive of effort, rather than spontaneous or natural: studied simplicity. 2. carefully considered. 3. Obsolete erudite or learned. {stud(y) + i 2 + ed2} –studiedly, adverb –studiedness …

  • 19studied — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Gongoristic, Marinistic, advised, affected, aforethought, aimed, aimed at, artificial, calculated, conscious, considered, contemplated, contrived, deliberate, deliberated, designed, elaborate, elaborated,… …

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  • 20studied — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. deliberate, careful. See care, intention. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Deliberate] Syn. plotted, prepared, premeditated; see deliberate 1 , planned . 2. [Investigated] Syn. thought about, thought… …

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