studied

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of study

adj

1. Practiced; self-conscious; careful; not spontaneous.

   “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.”

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.”

   “I promise, if I wake up as a girl, I will make up for it by having many boys, who will be the most studied and pious boys.”