Dictionary

methodical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /mɪˈθɑdɪkəl/ (Canada, General-American)
• [mɪˈθɑɾɪkəɫ] (Canada, General-American)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

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.
   • […]methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author. 1711 December 30 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, 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:
   • the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise

Forms

Antonyms

unfocused · flounderish · desultory · asystematic · haphazard · unmethodical

Deriveds

premethodical · methodicalness · unmethodical · intramethodical · amethodical · immethodical · nonmethodical

Hyponyms

businesslike · shipshape · sequential

Relateds

methodically · focused · methodic · methodological

Synonyms

orderly · regular · systemative · systematic · codified · methodical · scientific

Translations (33)

de methodisch (in an organized manner) · lv metodisks (in an organized manner) · tr sistematik (in an organized manner) · it metodico (in an organized manner) · tr sistemli (in an organized manner) · fr méthodique (in an organized manner) · grc μεθοδικός (in an organized manner) · sv metodisk (in an organized manner) · be метады́чны (in an organized manner) · es metódico (in an organized manner) · ast metódicu (in an organized manner) · tr metodik (in an organized manner) · hu módszeres (in an organized manner) · ru методи́ческий (in an organized manner) · ru методи́чный (in an organized manner) · da metodisk (in an organized manner) · ja 几帳面な (in an organized manner) · pl metodyczny (in an organized manner) · fi järjestelmällinen (in an organized manner) · ro metodic (in an organized manner) · vo metodik (in an organized manner) · gl metódico (in an organized manner) · mi hakune (in an organized manner) · uk методи́чний (in an organized manner) · yi מעטאָדיש (in an organized manner) · pt metódico (in an organized manner) · ca metòdic (in an organized manner) · el μεθοδικός (in an organized manner) · nb metodisk (in an organized manner) · kk әдістемелік (in an organized manner) · tr düzenli (in an organized manner) · nn metodisk (in an organized manner) · fi systemaattinen (in an organized manner)