The Collaborative International Dictionary
Studious \Stu"di*ous\, a. [L. studious: cf. F. studieux. See Study.]
Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar.
Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative.
--Locke.-
Earnest in endeavors; aiming sedulously; attentive; observant; diligent; -- usually followed by an infinitive or by of; as, be studious to please; studious to find new friends and allies.
You that are so studious Of my affairs, wholly neglect your own.
--Massinger. -
Planned with study; deliberate; studied.
For the frigid villainy of studious lewdness, . . . with apology can be invented?
--Rambler. -
Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation; as, the studious shade. [Poetic]
But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale.
--Milton. [1913 Webster] -- Stu"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Stu"di*ous*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a studious manner.
WordNet
adv. in a studious manner; "she examined the data studiously"
Usage examples of "studiously".
She got out of bed, studiously ignoring the robot, and went into the ablutions unit.
But certain it is that Netherlandish illumination, in its border foliages, after the taste for the larger vine and acanthus leaf had superseded the ivy, the drawing is studiously sculpturesque.
Exterminator whined and tugged on the leash, begging to visit Cole--who studiously averted his gaze.
She knew she did not bore him, and she buffed or painted her fingernails studiously while he dozed or brooded and the desultory warm afternoon breeze vibrated delicately on the surface of the beach.
She had studiously refrained from exaggeration, and I could not help confessing that she was to be pitied.
I was studiously moderate, and she caressed me in a manner that would have made my bliss if I had not already obtained the one great favour.
Nima rode a cart with her husband and their other children, and studiously ignored Losh and his lady-love.
Everyone studiously avoided eye contact, but most of the rubbees surreptitiously checked out the rubbers from behind as they passed.
Studiously rejecting the individuality taught him by the school of Vinet, and reticent of his personal opinions, he has incurred the animadversions of some of his warmest admirers.
Who, says the notable humourist, in allusion to this Book, who can studiously travel through sheets of leaves now capable of a stretch from the Lizard to the last few poor pulmonary snips and shreds of leagues dancing on their toes for cold, explorers tell us, and catching breath by good luck, like dogs at bones about a table, on the edge of the Pole?
Seest thou how, under a brow studiously overclouded, Philip cannot conceal the satisfaction which he feels at the prospect of release from the alliance which sat so heavy on him?
He flicked his eyes questioningly at Parant, who studiously ignored him.
Clancy said, calling Cluny to attention, as he was still studiously staring at Lady Susan, mimicking her every simpering movement.
Unlike his close friend, Ray Bradbury, who has bared endless anecdotes concerning his tender years, Henry Kuttner in personal conversation and in print studiously bypassed the subject.
He was studiously polite and attentive to her, rose when she entered a room and remained standing until she was seated, brought her the book she had forgotten, lighted her occasional cigaret, kissed her morning and evening.