adj.1 methodical; done or conceived according to a plan or system.
2 regular, deliberate (a systematic liar).
Phrases and idioms:
systematic theology a form of theology in which the aim is to arrange religious truths in a self-consistent whole.
Derivatives:
systematically adv. systematism n. systematist n.
Etymology: F syst{eacute}matique f. LL systematicus f. late Gk sustematikos (as SYSTEM)