methodically

[muh-thod-ik-lee]

adverb

1. in a systematic and orderly way.

   This serious book methodically reviews various new business models, leadership styles, and theories of value creation.

2. in a slow and careful way; painstakingly.

   Don't make the mistake of blazing your way through a chapter; instead, read deliberately and methodically.

Other Word Forms

• antimethodically adverb
• nonmethodically adverb
• quasi-methodically adverb
• unmethodically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of methodically¹

methodical ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

The former first lady has since been quietly and methodically rebuilding her political base, following her break from the FPI.

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For a team who have dominated the ball, playing slowly and methodically for the last few seasons, they have now looked to introduce directness and counter-attacking threat.

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We watched as they broke into an isolated building, and methodically set fire to vehicles and homes.

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Gabriel Sanchez, the department’s press secretary, said regulators worked methodically in bringing the case.

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And the full extent of the physical toll being imposed on the 31-year-old superstar is still not yet entirely clear, prompting the Dodgers to be very deliberate in slowly, methodically increasing his workload.

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