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studied

adjective

  1. premeditated/deliberate/contrived
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈstʌd.id/ / [ˈstʌɾ.id]

adj

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

    “She gave a studied reply.”

    “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. Qualified by, or versed in, study; learned.

    “He is well studied in theology.”

    “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.”

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of study