studious

As for the Sawyer interview, the ABC World News anchor was strong and studious and technically delivered the goods, question-wise.

The actress religiously avoided reading news coverage as she engaged in her studious, deliberate decision-making process.

But he was studious, diligent, and anxious to avoid repremands and to fulfil the expectations of his parents.

The earnest youth grinding at the academic mill has dreamed it in the pauses of his studious labor.

My serious turn and studious habits have preserved me alike from the follies of dissipation and from the bustle of intrigue.

With this decision Tom took up his lessons, and had never been more studious and well behaved than he was that day.

He wasn't a studious youth by any means, though he learnt enough to know his way about.