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Worming his way into Felix’s good graces with compulsive lies and tactical favors, Oliver scores an invitation to spend the summer at Saltburn, the palatial countryside estate where Felix lives with his studiedly eccentric clan.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023

On such occasions, she adopts a studiedly neutral look: dark pants; collarless jackets; scoop-necked, solid-color tops; black pumps; pearl earrings.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 11, 2019

The published report of Robbers Cave uses studiedly neutral language.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2018

In her first round of research, in the early 2000s, she said, the women she interviewed reported that their husbands were studiedly neutral on whether they stayed in the work force or came home.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2013

“Harry. Do you think I could be”—I stopped, then spoke again, my voice studiedly casual—“a scientist?”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly