1
: carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful
a studied response
2
: knowledgeable, learned
studied in the craft of blacksmithing
3
: produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation : calculated
studied indifference
spoke with a studied accent
studiedly
adverb
studiedness
noun
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Examples of studied in a Sentence
She gave a studied response.
He viewed us with a studied indifference.
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Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024
Regionally, Long Island was near the median for car crash deaths per capita, with 8.4 fatalities per 100,000 residents during the studied time period.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 7 Nov. 2024
Think where the studied precision of Japanese cocktail-assembling meets the freewheeling vision of American drink-slinging.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 25 Sep. 2024
Forested natural areas tended to cool their areas by 3 degrees or more in the studied cities.
—Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
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studied
adjective
stud·ied
ˈstəd-ēd 
1
: carefully thought out or prepared : thoughtful
your judgments are always studied and fair
2
: knowledgeable, learned
studied in the craft of blacksmithing
3
: intentional, deliberate
a studied insult
studiedly
adverb
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