methodical
Use Methodical in a sentence
ɪ adjective
1.
performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
2.
painstaking, especially slow and careful; deliberate.
Also, me·thod·ic.
Related forms
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·ly, adverb
an·ti·me·thod·i·cal·ness, noun
non·me·thod·ic, adjective
non·me·thod·i·cal, adjective
non·me·thod·i·cal·ly, adverb
non·me·thod·i·cal·ness, noun
pre·me·thod·i·cal, adjective
qua·si-me·thod·i·cal, adjective
qua·si-me·thod·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·me·thod·ic, adjective
un·me·thod·i·cal, adjective
un·me·thod·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·me·thod·i·cal·ness, noun
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| —adj | |
| characterized by method or orderliness; systematic | |
| methodic or methodic | |
| —adj | |
| me'thodically or methodic | |
| —adv | |
| me'thodicalness or methodic | |
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Word Origin & History
methodical
1560s, from methodic (1540s), from M.Fr. methodique, from L.L. methodicus, from Gk. methodikos, from methodos (see method). Related: Methodically.
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Example sentences
Typically historians are more methodical and meticulous in their research and in their compilation of stories.
It's quite flexible, but the way new things are done is methodical.
The downtown has been looted and burned with a methodical hatred.
Actually, for being in a creative field (music) I consider myself a very methodical person who works systematically.
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