Hypertext Webster Gateway: "methodical"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Methodic \Me*thod"ic\, Methodical \Me*thod"ic*al\, a. [L.
methodicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. m['e]thodique.]
1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable
manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to
facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical
arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise.
``Methodical regularity.'' --Addison.
2. Proceeding with regard to method; systematic. ``Aristotle,
strict, methodic, and orderly.'' --Harris.
3. Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians
called methodists. --Johnson. -- {Me*thod"ic*al*ly}, adv.
-- {Me*thod"ic*al*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
methodical
adj : characterized by method and orderliness; "a methodical
scholar"
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