methodically

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English methodical

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English methodically

From methodical + -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /mɪˈθɑdɪkəli/, [mɪˈθɑɾɪkəli]

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adverb

methodically (comparative more methodically, superlative most methodically)

1. In a methodical manner; with order.
   • 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 429:

     He felt his teeth methodically, one after the other, with a vibrato movement of finger and thumb.

Synonyms

• scientifically, systematically; see also Thesaurus:methodically

Derived terms

• intramethodically

Translations

in a methodical manner

• Catalan: metòdicament (ca)
• French: méthodiquement (fr)
• Galician: metodicamente
• Georgian: მეთოდიკურად (metodiḳurad), მეთოდურად (metodurad), თანმიმდევრულად (tanmimdevrulad)
• Italian: metodicamente (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: metodisk

  Nynorsk: metodisk

• Portuguese: metodicamente (pt)
• Spanish: metódicamente