studiousness


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stu·di·ous

 (sto͞o′dē-əs, styo͞o′-)
adj.
1.
a. Given to diligent study: a quiet, studious child.
b. Relating to, suggestive of, or conducive to study: studious habits; a studious manner; studious seculsion.
2. Marked by steady attention and effort; assiduous: made a studious attempt to fix the television set.
3. Giving or evincing careful regard; heedful: "The major ... was very studious of his appearance" (H.E. Bates).

[Middle English, from Latin studiōsus, from studium, eagerness; see study.]

stu′di·ous·ly adv.
stu′di·ous·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.studiousness - diligent study
industriousness, diligence, industry - persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"
bookishness - exaggerated studiousness
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Translations
جِد واجْتِهاد
pílesvědomitost
flid
námfÿsi; gaumgæfni

studiousness

[ˈstjuːdɪəsnɪs] Naplicación f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

studiousness

n (of person)Lerneifer m, → Fleiß m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

studiousness

[ˈstjuːdɪəsnɪs] namore m per lo studio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

studious

(ˈstjuːdiəs) adjective
spending much time in careful studying. a studious girl.
ˈstudiously adverb
ˈstudiousness noun
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'What a delightful studiousness!' said this accomplished gentleman.
His intelligence and studiousness earned him scholarships, which enabled him to get a law degree and be admitted to the lawyer's bar in 1895.
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During an early childhood spent in the small provincial town of Murom in Vladimir Province, this highly intelligent and intensely ambitious lad learned to appreciate studiousness, hard work, honesty, compassion, and sobriety; he also discovered that, despite his work ethic, more than one path of social mobility was closed to him because of his class--hence his distrust and anger towards the authorities and his desire for social justice.
Among her students is Patrick Browning, a softly-spoken 15-year-old whose upbringing with a crippled ex-con father and diabetic mother is as typical as any of his peers', but set apart if only due to his quiet studiousness.