[sys.tem.at.ic] adj [LL systematicus, fr. Gk systematikos, fr. systemat-, systema] (ca. 1680) 1: relating to or consisting of a system
2: presented or formulated as a coherent body of ideas or principles "~ thought" 3 a: methodical in procedure or plan "a ~ approach" "a ~ scholar" b: marked by thoroughness and regularity "~ efforts"
4: of, relating to, or concerned with classification; specif: taxonomic -- sys.tem.at.i.cal.ly adv -- sys.tem.at.ic.ness n