— methodically , adv. — methodicalness , n.
/meuh thod"i keuhl/ , adj.
1. performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
2. painstaking, esp. slow and careful; deliberate.
Also, methodic .
[ 1560-70; methodic ( methodic ( us ) methodikós; see METHOD, -IC) + -AL 1 ]
Syn. 1. precise. See orderly .