methodical

In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.

Adjective

  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;...

Origin

From Ancient Greek μεθοδικός (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”) + -al.

Forms

more methodical most methodical

Synonyms

systematic codified methodical orderly regular scientific systemative

Antonyms

asystematic desultory flounderish haphazard unmethodical unfocused

Hyponyms

businesslike sequential shipshape

Related

methodic methodically methodological focused

Derived

amethodical immethodical intramethodical methodicalness nonmethodical premethodical unmethodical