methodical

methodical
adj.
Methodical is used with these nouns: ↑manner, ↑worker

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  • methodical — UK US /məˈθɒdɪkəl/ adjective ► used to describe a person or way of doing things that is very organized and careful: methodical approach/manner/way »People looking for work in a recession need to adopt a focused and methodical approach to job… …   Financial and business terms

  • methodical — index precise, procedural, punctilious, regular (orderly), systematic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • methodical — (adj.) 1560s, with AL (Cf. al) (1) and methodic (1540s), from M.Fr. methodique, from L.L. methodicus, from Gk. methodikos, from methodos (see METHOD (Cf. method)). Related: Methodically …   Etymology dictionary

  • methodical — *orderly, systematic, regular Analogous words: methodized, systematized, organized (see ORDER vb): *careful, meticulous, scrupulous: *logical, analytical Antonyms: unmethodical: desultory Contrasted words: *random, haphazard, casual, hit or miss …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • methodical — / methodic [adj] organized, precise all together, analytical, businesslike, by the book*, by the numbers, careful, cut and dried*, deliberate, disciplined, efficient, exact, fixed, framed, in a groove*, logical, methodized, meticulous, neat,… …   New thesaurus

  • methodical — (also methodic) ► ADJECTIVE ▪ characterized by method or order. DERIVATIVES methodically adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • methodical — [mə thäd′i kəl] adj. [< LL methodicus < Gr methodikos + AL] characterized by method; orderly; systematic: also methodic methodically adv. methodicalness n …   English World dictionary

  • methodical — me|thod|i|cal [mıˈθɔdıkəl US ˈθa: ] adj 1.) a methodical way of doing something is careful and uses an ordered system ▪ He always checked every detail in a methodical way. ▪ a methodical approach to answering questions 2.) a methodical person… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Methodical — Methodic Me*thod ic, Methodical Me*thod ic*al, a. [L. methodicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. m[ e]thodique.] 1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; well …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • methodical — adj. methodical in (methodical in one s work) * * * [mɪ θɒdɪk(ə)l] methodical in (methodical in one s work) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • methodical — [[t]məθɒ̱dɪk(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone as methodical, you mean that they do things carefully, thoroughly, and in order. Da Vinci was methodical in his research, carefully recording his observations and theories... It seemed a… …   English dictionary

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