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methodic en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. methodical
   • Aristotle, strict, methodic, and orderly. 1751, James Harris, Hermes, a philosophical inquiry concerning universal grammar:
2. Chosen for the sake of its effect, rather than for its own sake; sometimes distinguished from real.

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