studied

Etymology

verb

1. simple past and past participle of study

adj

1. Practiced; self-conscious; careful.
   She gave a studied reply.
   He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement. 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest
2. (dated) Qualified by, or versed in, study; learned.
   He is well studied in theology.
   I asked a man well read, well studied in Nietzsche, what the lifelong task was. He could not say. He had only read and studied and loved Nietzsche’s books. c. 1969, O. K. Bouwsma, “An Introduction to Nietzsche’s Letters”, in J. L. Craft, Ronald E. Hustwit, editors, Without Proof or Evidence: Essays of O. K. Bouwsma, published 1984, page 122