methodical

[ muh-thod-i-kuhl ]

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adjective

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

Origin of methodical

First recorded in 1560–70; methodic, from Latin methodic(us) or directly from Greek methodikós; see method, -ic + -al¹

Rarely me·thod·ic [muh-thod-ik] /məˈθɒd ɪk/ .

synonym study For methodical

1. See orderly.

Other words for methodical

1	regular; precise

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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

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How to use methodical in a sentence

In his methodic preparations and clandestine deployments he knows precisely what carnage he aims to create.
Senseless. Evil. Silver Linings. Our Misguided Terms of Terror. | William Giraldi | April 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
As to death, the scientific mind dies at its post working in normal and methodic fashion to the end.
The Poison Belt | Arthur Conan Doyle
Could any one imagine so many millions slipping through the fingers of M. de Thaller's methodic cashier?
Other People's Money | Emile Gaboriau
In all those preparations he forgot nothing, employing every minute of the few hours in a sort of methodic exaltation.
The Dark Flower | John Galsworthy
That he felt himself abnormally methodic lay entirely in the fact that he watered the fern each day.
Kenny | Leona Dalrymple

This is the case in all methodic arrangements; to this rule there are no exceptions.
The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 12, December, 1880 | Various

British Dictionary definitions for methodical

methodical

less commonly methodic

/ (mɪˈθɒdɪkəl) /

adjective

characterized by method or orderliness; systematic

Derived forms of methodical

methodically, adverb
methodicalness, noun

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