studiousadjective
uk/ˈstjuː.di.əs/us/ˈstuː.di.əs/studious adjective (LEARNING)
A studious person enjoys studying or spends a lot of time studying:
She was a studious child, happiest when reading.
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Learning & knowing
- assimilate
- audit
- autodidact
- blended learning
- bone up
- brain training
- by-heart
- deskill
- feel
- gen up
- hear tell (of) idiom
- know better (than sb) idiom
- knowable
- mug
- mug (sth) up
- pick sth up
- quick
- reskill
- revision
- tell
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studious adjective (CAREFUL)
[ before noun ] very careful or paying attention to all the small details:
The report was obviously prepared with studious care and attention.
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Detailed and careful
- blow-by-blow
- detail
- detailed
- diligent
- elaborate
- encyclopedic
- granular
- in-depth
- intimate 1
- intricate
- long-form
- meticulous
- minutely
- painstaking
- painstakingly
- precise
- precisely
- scrupulous
- sedulous
- thoroughly
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studiously
adverb uk/ˈstjuː.di.əs.li/us/ˈstuː.di.əs.li/
They studiously avoided/ignored each other.
studiousness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈstjuː.di.əs.nəs/us/ˈstuː.di.əs.nəs/