methodical
adjCA, US /mɪˈθɑdɪkəl/
Etymology From Ancient Greek μεθοδικός (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”) + -al.
1
In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.
2
Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation.
- the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise
- […]methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.1711 December 30 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, December 20, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 253; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
- Synonyms
- systematic, codified, methodical, orderly, regular, scientific, systemative
- Antonyms
- asystematic, desultory, flounderish, haphazard, unmethodical, unfocused
- Derived terms
- amethodical, immethodical, intramethodical, methodicalness, nonmethodical, premethodical, unmethodical
- Related terms
- methodic, methodically, methodological, focused
- Hyponyms
- businesslike, sequential, shipshape