methodicalness
- noun
- /məˈθɒdɪklnəs/
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meticulosidad
- The scientist's methodicalness allowed her to conduct experiments with precision and accuracy.
Examples
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His methodicalness in organizing the project ensured that every detail was carefully addressed.
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According to Weber, the so-called Protestant ethic strode into the marketplace of life, slammed the door of the monastery behind it, and undertook to penetrate just that daily routine of life with its methodicalness, to fashion it into a life.
Academic text (2011) -
The man's methodicalness extends to his covert "operations," in which he has come to take an almost professional pride.
Fiction book (1995) -
She approached her studies with a sense of methodicalness, completing each assignment in a structured manner.
Synonyms
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5.3
Careful work that checks every detail
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3.6
A way of keeping things neat and in the right place
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7.5
A quality of being very careful about small details
Being very careful and doing every small part of a job well
Antonyms
How Methodical
Surface Forms
Morphology
methodicalness = methodical (transparent) = method + ical + ness
Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'methodical', creating the quality/state meaning in a predictable way.
Etymology
Methodicalness comes from the simple word method, which comes from an old Greek idea meaning 'way' or 'path', so picture following a clear path step by step. That's why methodicalness means the quality of doing things in an orderly, careful way.