methodically
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4.0
- adverb
- /məˈθɒdɪkli/
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metódicamente
- She methodically planned each step of the project to ensure its success.
- slowly and methodically
- carefully and methodically
- methodically began
This virus kills you slowly, methodically, and without mercy.
- This virus kills you slowly, methodically, and without mercy.
- And I try to methodically run through the reasons why.
- There's sections and things are numbered and you know, he develops things kind of methodically, systematically.
- Our left hemisphere thinks linearly and methodically.
- I understand where my impatience where my where my desire to not step back and methodically move to the next step, but just barrel into it.
- So can you see I'm just working through methodically disconnecting, disconnecting as we go along and testing, disconnecting and testing.
- And the answer is the more methodically you can start your business from thinking about your marketing and sales first.
Examples
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With great effort, I rose and methodically cleared the dishes, washing them vigorously in the sink.
Fiction book (1993) -
Over by the headmaster's house, I could see two police officers methodically sweeping the ground with metal detectors.
Fiction book (1993) -
And I try to methodically run through the reasons why.
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Possibly we can review each program methodically and then make decisions based on our overall views.
Fiction book (1993) -
Let us work slowly and methodically because this is a job worth doing well.
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- Let's approach this methodically.
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Like, I just go through methodically because then I know what I've done wrong.
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Indeed, the Bush administration spent its first two years methodically and effectively rebuilding an international consensus behind containment.
Academic text (2004) -
Two paramedics burst through the door and, without a word, methodically strapped the old man to a gurney.
Fiction book (1995) -
It was methodically planned.
Synonyms
978
1.0
In a way that shows attention and caution to avoid mistakes or harm
259
3.5
To do something completely and carefully
75
3.9
To do something in a planned, regular way
32
8.3
With great care and close attention to small details
20
6.0
With great care and attention to small details
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4.9
In a very careful and strict way that follows rules closely
8
4.8
To do something in a careful, exact way that follows set rules
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6.7
In a way that includes every part and leaves nothing out
5
7.7
To do something carefully and with steady effort
In a careful, slow way without hurry
Antonyms
How Methodical
Surface Forms
Morphology
methodically = methodical (transparent) = method + ical + ly
Forming the adverb by adding the productive suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'methodical' yields the expected meaning 'in a methodical manner'.
Etymology
The word methodically comes from method, which comes from the old Greek methodos made of meta- and hodos, where hodos means 'way' or 'path'. That's why to do something methodically is to follow a clear path or plan, step by step.