methodically
In a methodical manner; with order.
Adverb
- In a methodical manner; with order.
- He felt his teeth methodically, one after the other, with a vibrato movement of finger and thumb. - 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 429:
Origin
Etymology tree English methodical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English methodically From methodical + -ly.
Forms
Synonyms
scientifically systematically methodically orderly systemwise