methodical
[muh-thod-i-kuh l]
- performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- painstaking, especially slow and careful; deliberate.
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Also me·thod·ic.
Origin of methodical
Synonyms
See more synonyms for methodical on Thesaurus.com1. precise. See orderly.
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Examples from the Web for methodic
Contemporary Examples
In his methodic preparations and clandestine deployments he knows precisely what carnage he aims to create.
Historical Examples
We must learn from Germany what methodic and organized work means.
German philosophy and politicsJohn Dewey
He was methodic, guarded, and very cold in the presence of strangers.
L-basJ. K. Huysmans
He could rather, it seems to me, belong to the so-called Methodic School.
Sextus Empiricus and Greek ScepticismMary Mills Patrick
A little madness was a splendid thing, but it must be methodic.
He maintained his serenity, and calmly calculated pounds and shillings with all the methodic coolness of a banker's clerk.
A Dream of the North SeaJames Runciman
methodical
less commonly methodic
- characterized by method or orderliness; systematic
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Word Origin and History for methodic
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