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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μεθοδικός (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”) + -al.
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Adjective
methodical (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
1711 December 31 (Gregorian calendar), , “THURSDAY, 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 Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC: methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.
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