Definition of Methodical

1. Adjective. Characterized by method and orderliness. "A methodical scholar"

Similar to: Organized
Derivative terms: Method, Methodicalness

Definition of Methodical

1. Adjective. in an organized manner ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Methodical

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Methodical

1. 1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise. "Methodical regularity." 2. Proceeding with regard to method; systematic. "Aristotle, strict, methodic, and orderly." 3. Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists. Method"ically, Method"icalness. Origin: L. Methodicus, Gr., cf. F. Methodique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Methodical

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Literary usage of Methodical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Literary and Theological Review by Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon (1835)
"methodical signs, therefore, remain without a plausible excuse for their ... It is too late to express a conviction that methodical signs cannot be ..."

2. English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations. Drawn from by George Crabb (1863)
"Ая epithets, orderly, methodical, and regular, are applied to persons and even to things, according to the above distinction of the nouns : an ..."

3. The Logical Bases of Education by James Welton (1899)
"But whatever its length or complexity, it is methodical ... All methodical thought, as we have seen, leads to system, and the idea of system is implicit in ..."

4. The Association Review (1901)
"Exercises in hearing carried on in a methodical manner are, therefore, of the utmost importance. After these preliminary remarks, ..."

5. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1889)
"... their Effects— methodical and Unconscious Selection—Unknown Origin of our Domestic Productions —Circumstances favourable to Man's power of Selection. ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"It is in no way meant to supplant the text-book or even the quiz compend, but rather to develop in the student a careful and methodical consideration of the ..."

7. The Iliad of Homer by Homer (1796)
"... are inclined to prefer a judicious and methodical genius to a great and fruitful one, is, ... methodical ..."

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