systematically

[ sis-tuh-mat-ik-lee ]

adverb

1. in a focused, consistent, and methodical way:

   The report will help me analyze deficiencies within the company and systematically implement action plans to address them over time.

   Europol's Chief of Staff said that children are being systematically targeted for recruitment by criminal gangs.

Other Words From

• in·ter·sys·tem·at·i·cal·ly adverb
• non·sys·tem·at·i·cal·ly adverb
• o·ver·sys·tem·at·i·cal·ly adverb
• pre·sys·tem·at·i·cal·ly adverb
• qua·si-sys·tem·at·i·cal·ly adverb
• un·sys·tem·at·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of systematically¹

First recorded in 1640–50; systematic ( def ) + -ally ( def )

Example Sentences

However, companies have systematically underinvested in green energy and technology relative to the amount that would be required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.

From MIT Technology Review

Survey data quality suffers when people are systematically undercounted.

From Fortune

The paper claims that “campaigns are systematically, but intimately, shifting their messaging to more private spaces than before”.

From MIT Technology Review

Using CRISPR, one group systematically tested these vulnerable viral proteins to see which ones destroyed the virus’ ability to replicate.

From Singularity Hub 

As an immigrant from Nigeria and seeing how our leaders have systematically destroyed the nation, that is what is happening in America today.

From Ozy

And I systematically went about doing that in the comfort of a four-year liberal arts education, and it was heaven.

From The Daily Beast

The liberal agenda in the United States is systematically working to keep white people down, Freeman explained.

From The Daily Beast

The Tudors who succeeded Richard to the throne reinforced their own legitimacy by setting out systematically to trash him.

From The Daily Beast

It will have at least another three or four arrests by the end of the year, they are going systematically through it.

From The Daily Beast

The market is systematically failing in a time when there seem to be no alternatives to capitalism.

From The Daily Beast

The freckle-faced girl began systematically to fill up the hollow with which she was accredited.

From Project Gutenberg

Everybody labouring with a will, and systematically, the work went on rapidly, and the chair assumed gigantic proportions.

From Project Gutenberg

It was not seen again, and still more beams winked on, began to search, systematically quartering the sky.

From Project Gutenberg

The progeny were pushed with a full supply of nutritious food, and systematically brought to early maturity.

From Project Gutenberg

These trees are carefully and systematically trained, and they are trained so as to accomplish certain results.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• consistently
• methodically
• regularly