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methodical

[ muh-thod-i-kuhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly:
a methodical person.
Synonyms: precise, regular
painstaking, especially slow and careful; deliberate.

methodical

/ mɪˈθɒdɪkəl /

First recorded in 1560–70; methodic, from Latin methodic(us) or directly from Greek methodikós; method, -ic + -al ¹

Far from a rant, her tone throughout is cool and methodical, and her critiques are couched more in sorrow than in anger.

The 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.

If 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.

A child may acquire while quite young and before any methodical education commences a certain feeling for regular form.

His methodical mind hated the idea of disorder; administration came to him as Nature's gift.

She immediately made a methodical arrangement of her time, so as to appropriate stated employment to every hour.

And 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.

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