adj.1 devoted to or assiduous in study or reading.
2 studied, deliberate, painstaking (with studious care).
3 (foll. by to + infin. or in + verbal noun) showing care or attention.
4 (foll. by of + verbal noun) anxiously desirous.
Derivatives:
studiously adv. studiousness n.
Etymology: ME f. L studiosus (as STUDY)