characterized by method; orderly; systematic
also me·thod′ic
Origin of methodical
from Late Latin methodicus from Classical Greek methodikos + -al
adjective
- A person who slowly and carefully reads all directions and then follows them exactly is someone who would be described as methodical.
- Mathematical calculations done exactly according to procedure are an example of calculations that would be described as methodical.
The definition of methodical is a person who pays very careful attention to detail and who does things in a precise manner or following a procedure.
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also me·thod·ic
adjective
- Arranged or proceeding in regular, systematic order: methodical instructions for assembly.
- Orderly and systematic in habits or behavior: a methodical and painstaking researcher.
Related Forms:
- me·thod′i·cal·ly
adverb
- me·thod′i·cal·ness
noun
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Adjective
(comparative more methodical, superlative most methodical)
- In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.
- 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
Origin
From Ancient Greek μεθοδικός (methodikos, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty"), +"Ž -al.
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Sentence Examples
- There was something about the methodical way he set the table that was cute.
- Their movements were slow and methodical, controlled, deliberate.
- Hunting, extermination, as methodical and merciless as he knew himself capable of.
- Musa, though angered by the disobedience of Tariq, hastened to the rescue and embarked in April 712 with 18,000 men, among them many noble Arabs, and began, advised by Julian, a methodical campaign, with the purpose of establishing and securing a line of communication between the sea and Toledo.
- Although these and other phenomena cannot yet be safely placed in a historical frame, the methodical labours of past scholars have shed much light upon the obscurities of the exilic and post-exilic ages, and one must await the more comprehensive study of the two or three centuries which are of the first importance for biblical history and theology.
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