methodical

From Ancient Greek μεθοδικός (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”) +‎ -al.

(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /mɪˈθɑdɪkəl/, [mɪˈθɑɾɪkəɫ]
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methodical (comparative more methodical, superlative most methodical)

In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.
Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation.
the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise
- 1711 December 31 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, December 20, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 253; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
  […] methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.
  The spelling has been modernized.

in an organized manner

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