studious

• Born on February 21, 1924, at Kutama Mission northwest of the capital Harare, Mugabe is described as a studious child and a loner and qualified as a teacher at the age of 17. —  IOL: News
• But he was studious, and became well acquainted with the fathers, and with the original Greek. —  A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
• While he, if still inscrutable and unsmiling, proved an eminently agreeable companion, ready of conversation, very much at his ease, very much a cultivated man of the world, studious--a little excessively so, she thought--in his avoidance of the personal note. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• So the days follow one another very much alike--studious, cheerful, sociable, sedulous. —  The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859
• Indeed, neither the truant nor the studious is at present taught color in the schools. —  The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 60, October, 1862

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