Literary notes about studious (AI summary)
In literature, studious is often employed to evoke a sense of deliberate, reflective diligence or cautious care. It can describe both the earnest efforts of a scholar poring over books [1][2] and a restrained, almost ironic attention to detail that may border on reluctance to act, as in artistic or architectural contexts [3][4]. At times, the word underscores an inherent character quality—a quiet, methodical disposition that separates the attentive from the merely ambitious [5][6]—while in other instances it paints a picture of lifestyle choices, whether in gentle, educational pursuits or balanced leisure [7][8]. Thus, the term studious is versatile, lending nuance to portray characters and actions marked by conscientious, even if sometimes overly measured, engagement with their world [9][10].
- She had a bent for quiet, studious pursuits; she was fond of reading for hours together, of studying.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov - Or else they discussed their past: Victor told of his studious childhood spent poring over books, of his early works, laborious and chaste.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo by Juliette Drouet and Louis Guimbaud - The most striking peculiarity of English Gothic design was its studious avoidance of temerity or venturesomeness in construction.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - But Croswell, retaining the quiet, studious habits that characterised i. 375 his youth, climbed rapidly.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Her figure was elegant, and she walked well; but Darcy, at whom it was all aimed, was still inflexibly studious.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Or put case they be studious, industrious, of ripe wits, and perhaps good capacities, then how many diseases of body and mind must they encounter?
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - We are very studious, my dear sir, though we do live in Iceland.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne - His country-seat abounds with every requisite, either for studious retirement, tasteful gratification, or rural exercise.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving - studious; scholastic, scholarly; teachable; docile &c (willing) 602; apt &c 698, industrious &c 682.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - And knowledge to the studious sage;— And pillow to the head of age.
— from Marmion: A Tale Of Flodden Field by Walter Scott
