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US
/məˈθɑdəkəɫ, məˈθɑdɪkəɫ/
]
[ UK /mɛθˈɒdɪkəl/ ]
[ UK /mɛθˈɒdɪkəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
characterized by method and orderliness
a methodical scholar
How To Use methodical In A Sentence
- In terms of its careful emphasis on surprise, artillery concentration, and methodical planning, Amiens pointed the way ahead to Alamein.
- In the period after the interval their methodical probing of the Hibs rearguard continued and Alex Burns should have done more than blaze wide of the target when presented with an inviting, angled opening.
- Biblical exegetes intent on recovering historical origins treat the text as an object on which to practice methodical procedures when they should instead be acknowledging the traditions to which they themselves belong.
- His proof came in the guise of soundbites that he pledged "were not edited," and the "methodicalness" came by a member of the O'Reilly crack staff going out to the Iraqi War Protest in Washington this past week to ask questions of Sean Penn, Jane Fonda, Susan Saranden and Tim Robbins. Methodical Bill O Proves There Are No Other Options To Bush Iraq Policy
- An effort is now under way to establish a methodical breeding program in the hope of creating a healthy captive population.
- The other thing he has going for him is that he is so methodical.
- Da Vinci was methodical in his research, carefully recording his observations and theories.
- Perhaps it was Thick, doing his tasks in his methodical, unthinking way. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
- This slow pace results from a methodical and exhaustive research process.
- Severin's 1976-77 Brendan expedition became his benchmark for exhaustive research and methodical preparation.