— Methodistically , adv.
/meth"euh dist/ , n.
1. a member of the largest Christian denomination that grew out of the revival of religion led by John Wesley: stresses both personal and social morality and has an Arminian doctrine and, in the U.S., a modified episcopal polity.
2. ( l.c. ) a person who relies greatly or excessively on methods or a particular method.
adj.
3. Also, Methodistic, Methodistical . of or pertaining to the Methodists or Methodism.
[ 1585-95; METHOD + -IST ]