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studiously

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

[Middle English, from Latin studisus, from studium, eagerness; see study.]

studi·ous·ly adv.
studi·ous·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.studiously - in a studious manner; "she examined the data studiously"
Translations
studiously [ˈstjuːdɪəslɪ] adv (= carefully) → con esmero
studiously [ˈstjuːdɪəslɪ] adv (= carefully) → soigneusement
studiously [ˈstjuːdɪəslɪ] studious adv (carefully) → sorgsam
studiously [ˈstjuːdɪəslɪ] adv (= carefully) → deliberatamente, di proposito


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Many times in my life, standing in long sea-boots and streaming oilskins at the elbow of my commander on the poop of a homeward-bound ship making for the Channel, and gazing ahead into the gray and tormented waste, I have heard a weary sigh shape itself into a studiously casual comment:
She noticed, too, that when she had found a Catholic priest with her, Madame Stahl had studiously kept her face in the shadow of the lamp-shade and had smiled in a peculiar way.
In pleading, they studiously avoid entering into the merits of the cause; but are loud, violent, and tedious, in dwelling upon all circumstances which are not to the purpose.
 
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