methodical

[ muh-thod-i-kuhl ]

/ məˈθɒd ɪ kəl /

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adjective

performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.

painstaking, especially slow and careful; deliberate.

Words nearby methodical

methionine, metho, methocarbamol, method, method in one's madness, methodical, methodism, methodist, methodists, methodius, methodize

Also me·thod·ic.

Origin of methodical

1560–70; methodic (< Latin methodic(us) < Greek methodikós; see method, -ic) + -al¹

SYNONYMS FOR methodical

1 precise. See orderly.

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OTHER WORDS FROM methodical

me·thod·i·cal·ly, adverbme·thod·i·cal·ness, nounan·ti·me·thod·ic, adjectivean·ti·me·thod·i·cal, adjective

an·ti·me·thod·i·cal·ly, adverban·ti·me·thod·i·cal·ness, nounnon·me·thod·ic, adjectivenon·me·thod·i·cal, adjectivenon·me·thod·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·me·thod·i·cal·ness, nounpre·me·thod·i·cal, adjectivequa·si-me·thod·i·cal, adjectivequa·si-me·thod·i·cal·ly, adverbun·me·thod·ic, adjectiveun·me·thod·i·cal, adjectiveun·me·thod·i·cal·ly, adverbun·me·thod·i·cal·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for methodical

Far from a rant, her tone throughout is cool and methodical, and her critiques are couched more in sorrow than in anger.
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The opening scene of the film illustrates the methodical and gruesome nature of the abuses.
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The yellow ticking clock that punctuates every episode of 24 is simultaneously bombastic, methodical, menacing, and relentless.
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If Washington is to adopt a tougher stance toward Beijing, it needs a lot of methodical calculation.
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It was thorough and methodical, like a medical examination: a routine in which a professional inspects the body of a patient.
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He then acknowledged that the notion of "a methodical regularity" in the Essay on Criticism was a "groundless opinion."
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Yet Jacob Henderson was fair and square, business-like and methodical.
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A further hindrance to improvement in plant description was the lack of a methodical terminology.
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One finds the experimental and methodical at every turn throughout these compositions.
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His pupils were very numerous, and the school formed by them was called the Methodical.
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British Dictionary definitions for methodical

methodical

less commonly methodic

/ (mɪˈθɒdɪkəl) /

adjective

characterized by method or orderliness; systematic

Derived forms of methodical

methodically, adverbmethodicalness, noun

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methodical

adjective

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Origin of methodical

SYNONYMS FOR methodical

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British Dictionary definitions for methodical

less commonly methodic

adjective

Derived forms of methodical