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adj. marked by care and effort; "made a studious attempt to fix the television set"

adj. characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"

purposeful, studious, serious

adj. characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading; "a bookish farmer who always had a book in his pocket"; "a quiet studious child"

intellectual

adj. appealing to or using the intellect; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature"

highbrow, highbrowed

adj. highly cultured or educated; "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic"

intelligent

adj. having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question"

literary

adj. knowledgeable about literature; "a literary style"

intimate, knowledgeable, versed

adj. thoroughly acquainted through study or experience; "this girl, so intimate with nature"-W.H.Hudson; "knowledgeable about the technique of painting"- Herbert Read

captive, absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, wrapped

adj. giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"

solicitous, careful of, protective of

adj. "careful of her feelings"; "extremely solicitous in matters of behavior"

certain, sure

adj. exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance; "be certain to disconnect the iron when you are through"; "be sure to lock the doors"

close

adj. confined to specific persons; "a close secret"

conscientious, painstaking, scrupulous

adj. characterized by extreme care and great effort; "conscientious application to the work at hand"; "painstaking research"; "scrupulous attention to details"

detailed, elaborate, elaborated

adj. developed or executed with care and in minute detail; "a detailed plan"; "the elaborate register of the inhabitants prevented tax evasion"- John Buchan; "the carefully elaborated theme"

minute, narrow

adj. characterized by painstaking care and detailed examination; "a minute inspection of the grounds"; "a narrow scrutiny"; "an exact and minute report"

overcareful, too-careful

adj. excessively or unduly careful

thorough

adj. painstakingly careful and accurate; "our accountant is thorough"; "thorough research"

academic, donnish, pedantic

adj. marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects

erudite, learned

adj. having or showing profound knowledge; "a learned jurist"; "an erudite professor"

assiduous, sedulous

adj. marked by care and persistent effort; "her assiduous attempts to learn French"; "assiduous research"; "sedulous pursuit of legal and moral principles"

hardworking, industrious, tireless, untiring

adj. characterized by hard work and perseverance

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