methodical
performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
painstaking, especially slow and careful; deliberate.
Origin of methodical
1- Rarely me·thod·ic [muh-thod-ik] /məˈθɒd ɪk/ .
synonym study For methodical
Other words for methodical
Other words from methodical
- me·thod·i·cal·ly, adverb
- me·thod·i·cal·ness, noun
- an·ti·me·thod·ic, adjective
- an·ti·me·thod·i·cal, adjective
- an·ti·me·thod·i·cal·ness, noun
- non·me·thod·ic, adjective
- non·me·thod·i·cal, adjective
- non·me·thod·i·cal·ness, noun
- pre·me·thod·i·cal, adjective
- qua·si-me·thod·i·cal, adjective
- un·me·thod·ic, adjective
- un·me·thod·i·cal, adjective
- un·me·thod·i·cal·ness, noun
Words Nearby methodical
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How to use methodical in a sentence
The pace, he says, will be “methodical,” but as quickly as possible given safety constraints.
How rescue specialists search for survivors in collapsed buildings | Rob Verger | June 29, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThis slower, more methodical approach has worked in Veo’s favor — it might be the only company in its industry that has been consistently profitable.
Veo CEO Candice Xie has a plan for building a sustainable scooter company, and it’s working | Rebecca Bellan | June 25, 2021 | TechCrunchIt’s a grounded approach perfectly suited to Tillman’s methodical nature, and it’s one the Terps have seemed to adopt especially well this year.
Maryland eyes perfection and Virginia seeks consecutive crowns in the men’s lacrosse title game | Patrick Stevens | May 30, 2021 | Washington PostHe thinks really rationally and, you know, he applies statistics to everything, and he’s so methodical.
This time, the approach was aggressive but also targeted, methodical and refined.
Washington again is winning free agency, but this time it’s doing so the right way | Les Carpenter | March 18, 2021 | Washington Post
Far from a rant, her tone throughout is cool and methodical, and her critiques are couched more in sorrow than in anger.
Was Reporter Sharyl Attkisson Too Right-Wing for CBS? | Lloyd Grove | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe opening scene of the film illustrates the methodical and gruesome nature of the abuses.
The yellow ticking clock that punctuates every episode of 24 is simultaneously bombastic, methodical, menacing, and relentless.
‘Live Another Day’ Review: Can Jack Bauer Save ‘24’ From Itself? | Jason Lynch | May 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf Washington is to adopt a tougher stance toward Beijing, it needs a lot of methodical calculation.
It was thorough and methodical, like a medical examination: a routine in which a professional inspects the body of a patient.
Tilda Swinton and Oliver Saillard Perform the Creation of Fashion in ‘Eternity Dress’ | Sarah Moroz | November 21, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA child may acquire while quite young and before any methodical education commences a certain feeling for regular form.
Children's Ways | James SullyHis methodical mind hated the idea of disorder; administration came to him as Nature's gift.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonShe immediately made a methodical arrangement of her time, so as to appropriate stated employment to every hour.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottAnd if he ever saw one, his corpse-to-be was a methodical little piece of humanity.
Though Aristotle wrote in a methodical manner, his writings exhibit great parsimony of language.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I | John Lord
British Dictionary definitions for methodical
less commonly methodic
/ (mɪˈθɒdɪkəl) /
characterized by method or orderliness; systematic
Derived forms of methodical
- methodically, adverb
- methodicalness, noun
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