methodical
adjEtymology
From Ancient Greek μεθοδικός (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”) + -al.
- derived from μεθοδικός
Definitions
In an organized manner
In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.
Arranged with regard to method
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.
The neighborhood
- synonymsystematic
- synonymcodified
- synonymmethodical
- synonymorderly
- synonymregular
- synonymscientific
- synonymsystemative
- antonymasystematic
- antonymdesultory
- antonymflounderish
- antonymhaphazard
- antonymunmethodical
- antonymunfocused
- neighbormethodic
- neighbormethodically
- neighbormethodological
- neighborfocused
- neighborbusinesslike
- neighborsequential
- neighborshipshape
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at methodical. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at methodical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at methodical
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA