Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Arranged or proceeding in regular, systematic order.
- adjective Orderly and systematic in habits or behavior.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by or exhibiting method; disposed or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: as, the methodical arrangement of objects or topics; methodical accounts; a methodical man.
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- adjective in an
organized manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characterized by method and orderliness
Etymologies
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Examples
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LAVANDERA: We don't know who Gonzalez is talking about exactly, but investigators say they've arrested all the men who carried out what they called the methodical and chilling murders of the Billings couple.
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LAVANDERA: We don't know who Gonzalez is talking about exactly, but investigators say they've arrested all the men who carried out what they called the methodical and chilling murders of the Billings couple.
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LAVANDERA: We don't know who Gonzalez is talking about exactly, but investigators say they've arrested all the men who carried out what they called the methodical and chilling murders of the Billings couple.
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LAVENDERA: We don't know who Gonzalez is talking about exactly but investigators they have arrested all the men who carried out what they call the methodical and chilling murders of the Billings 'couple.
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An apartment complex there as well, and are going essentially house to house in what they describe as a methodical search, trying to capture the suspect.
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And they proceed to chomp their way through its contents in methodical, determined fashion.
Archive 2005-07-01 2005
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Call for death penalty in US beauty salon shootings PROSECUTORS say they'll seek the death penalty for the man they call a "methodical and merciless killer" who stormed through a California beauty salon and killed eight people.
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Southern California prosecutors said Friday they will seek the death penalty for the man they called a "methodical and merciless killer" who stormed through a salon and killed eight people.
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… It accomplished the first great feat in direct prophylaxis action to prevent disease, namely methodical eradication of a disease.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Agent Dumb Ass has a sawing style that might be most-charitably described as "methodical."
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 22: Rerun Island: Russell Blows It, Mansweater Sucks It, and Big Mouth Stamps It. Tallulah Morehead 2011
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