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Dictionary: stu·di·ous   (stū'dē-əs, styū'-) pronunciation
adj.
    1. Given to diligent study: a quiet, studious child.
    2. Conducive to study.
  1. Marked by steady attention and effort; assiduous: made a studious attempt to fix the television set.
  2. Giving or evincing careful regard; heedful: "The major . . . was very studious of his appearance" (H.E. Bates).
  3. Deliberate; contrived.

[Middle English, from Latin studiōsus, from studium, eagerness. See study.]

studiously stu'di·ous·ly adv.
studiousness stu'di·ous·ness n.

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Thesaurus: studious
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adjective

  1. Devoted to study or reading: bookish, scholarly. See teach/learn.
  2. Characterized by steady attention and effort: assiduous, diligent, industrious, sedulous. See industrious/lazy.
  3. Resulting from deliberation and careful thought: advised, calculated, considered, studied. See wise/foolish.

Antonyms: studious
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adj

Definition: scholarly, attentive
Antonyms: careless, ignorant, inattentive, lazy, negligent, unscholarly


WordNet: studious
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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: marked by care and effort

Meaning #2: characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
  Synonym: bookish


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - omhyggelig, flittig, opmærksom

Nederlands (Dutch)
leergierig, ijverig

Français (French)
adj. - studieux, étudié, délibéré

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gelehrsam, lerneifrig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επιμελής, μελετηρός, προσεκτικός

Italiano (Italian)
studioso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - estudioso

Русский (Russian)
занятый наукой, прилежный, преднамеренный, напускной

Español (Spanish)
adj. - estudioso, aplicado, atento, solícito

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - flitig, lärd, boklig, medveten, avsiktlig, kunskapstörstande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
爱好学问的, 热心的, 努力的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 愛好學問的, 熱心的, 努力的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 면학에 힘쓰는, 열심인, 신중한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 勉強好きな, 念入りな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كثير الدراسه, جدي بالعمل أو بالدراسه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שקדן, מתמיד, שוחר-תורה, מכוון, מחושב, קפדני‬


 
 
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