methodical

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)

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

   • 1711 December 31 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “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[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

     […] methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.

     The spelling has been modernized.

Synonyms

• systematic

Related terms

• methodic
• methodically
• methodological

 

Translations

in an organized manner

• Asturian: metódicu
• Belarusian: метады́чны (mjetadýčny)
• Catalan: metòdic (ca)
• Danish: metodisk
• Finnish: järjestelmällinen (fi), systemaattinen (fi)
• French: méthodique (fr)
• Galician: metódico
• German: methodisch (de)
• Greek: μεθοδικός (el) (methodikós)

  Ancient: μεθοδικός (methodikós)

• Hungarian: módszeres (hu)
• Italian: metodico (it)
• Japanese: 几帳面な (きちょうめんな, kichōmen na)
• Kazakh: әдістемелік (ädıstemelık)
• Latvian: metodisks
• Maori: hakune
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: metodisk

  Nynorsk: metodisk

• Polish: metodyczny
• Portuguese: metódico (pt)
• Romanian: metodic (ro)
• Russian: методи́ческий (ru) (metodíčeskij), методи́чный (ru) (metodíčnyj)
• Spanish: metódico (es)
• Swedish: metodisk (sv)
• Ukrainian: методи́чний (metodýčnyj)
• Volapük: metodik
• Yiddish: מעטאָדיש (metodish)