studiously

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She wrote that the government seemed to be concealing key information from the court and shrouding data in this studiously ambiguous language.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2025

Vladimir Putin, who studiously avoided naming Navalny while he was alive, briefly referred to him a month after his death by stating that a person passing was "always a sad event".

From BBC • Sep. 17, 2025

Unencumbered by her own directorial scheme, Elliott leans into the freedom of musical storytelling, a mode in which realism is dabbed on rather than studiously applied.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2024

All the while, unlike most chief executives who have become the face of their brand, he has studiously avoided the spotlight.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2024

In die rare times he diapered me or gave me a bath, Milton studiously averted his eyes.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides