methodic
methodical
Adjective
- methodical
- Aristotle, strict, methodic, and orderly. - 1751, James Harris, Hermes, a philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar:
- Chosen for the sake of its effect, rather than for its own sake; sometimes distinguished from real.
Origin
From Ancient Greek μεθοδικός (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”).