Associations to the word «Studied»

Wiktionary

STUDIED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of study
STUDIED, adjective. Practiced; self-conscious; careful.

Dictionary definition

STUDIED, adjective. Produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; "a studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied insult"- V.L.Parrington.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats