The treaty's drafters resorted to deliberate vagueness on the boundary question, knowing that any precise line would be rejected by one side or the other. The studied ambiguity bought them peace for a generation; it left the next one to settle the question for good.
As used in the text, what does the word "studied" most nearly mean?
- Acheck_circle
deliberate and intentional
- B
examined in detail
- C
academic
- D
looked at briefly
Explanation
The drafters intentionally cultivated ambiguity; "studied" means deliberate and intentional, not the examining, academic, or glancing senses.