done according to a systematic or established procedure:a methodical approach to the evaluation of computer systems
(of a person) orderly or systematic in thought or behaviour:she was so methodical, she kept everything documenteda methodical man, he assembled all the papers into a huge pile
Derivatives
methodic
adjective
methodically
adverb
Origin:
late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek methodikos (from methodos: see method)+ -al
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Definition of methodical in the US English dictionary
