Word Finder - methodical

definition

In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.

definition

Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation.

example

the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise

There was something about the methodical way he set the table that was cute.

Their movements were slow and methodical, controlled, deliberate.

The deliberate dance was methodical.

He was so calm and methodical during the whole business it made it that much worse.

Hunting, extermination, as methodical and merciless as he knew himself capable of.

There was something about the methodical way he set the table that was cute – yet utterly masculine.

It were greatly to be wished that the official publication of treaties could be rendered more speedy and more methodical than it now is.

His intellect was far-seeing and acute, quick and yet cautious, meditative, methodical and free from prejudice.

Immured in his castle at Pavia, accumulating wealth by systematic taxation and methodical economy, he organized the mercenary troops who eagerly took service under so good a paymaster; and, by directing their operations from his cabinet, he threatened the whole of Italy with conquest.

Musa, though angered by the disobedience of Tariq, hastened to the rescue and embarked in April 712 with 18,000 men, among them many noble Arabs, and began, advised by Julian, a methodical campaign, with the purpose of establishing and securing a line of communication between the sea and Toledo.

His restless energy was that of a Charles XII., to whom in this respect he has justly been compared, while, unlike the king of Sweden, he was as careful and vigilant as the most methodical strategist.

His diaries show a minutely methodical conduct of business, generous indulgence in hunting, comparatively little reading and a wide acquaintance with the leading men of the colonies, but no marked indications of what is usually considered to be "greatness."

The arrangement of the book is, considering its circumstances and the date of its composition, sufficiently methodical.

Accordingly his treatment of external rights and duties, though decidedly inferior in methodical clearness and precision, does not differ in principle from that of Paley or Bentham, except that he lays greater stress on the immediate conduciveness of actions to the happiness of individuals, and more often refers in a merely supplementary or restrictive way to their tendencies in respect of general happiness.

While in a general way the reign of law and order in the movements of the heavenly bodies was recognized, and indeed must have exercised an influence at an early period in leading to the rise of a methodical divination that was certainly of a much higher order than the examination of an animal's liver, yet the importance that was laid upon the endless variations in the form of the phenomena and the equally numerous apparent deviations from what were regarded as normal conditions, prevented for a long time the rise of any serious study of astronomy beyond what was needed for the purely practical purposes that the priests as "inspectors" of the heavens (as they were also the "inspectors" of the sacrificial livers) had in mind.

Instead, she watched a man many, many times her strength gently clean the blood from her arm in unhurried, methodical strokes.

A competent, methodical assassin, she didn't make the mistake of trying to collect from someone not on the list.

George Sand was methodical and had a ready pen, but she lacked the more essential qualities of a Parisian journalist,.

Although these and other phenomena cannot yet be safely placed in a historical frame, the methodical labours of past scholars have shed much light upon the obscurities of the exilic and post-exilic ages, and one must await the more comprehensive study of the two or three centuries which are of the first importance for biblical history and theology.

If, as seems probable, the continued methodical investigation, which is demanded by the advance of modern knowledge, becomes more drastic in its results, it will recognize ever more clearly that there were certain unique influences in the history of Palestine which cannot be explained by purely historical research.

Most of the birds he describes are characterized with accuracy sufficient to enable them to be identified, and his observations upon them have still some interest; but he was innocent of any methodical system, and was not exempt from most of the professional fallacies of his time.'

These laws, he added, exist in regard to all parts that offer characters fit for the methodical arrangement of birds, but it is in regard to the anterior palatal bone that they unquestionably offer the most evidence.

Clauberg was one of the earliest teachers of the new doctrines in Germany and an exact and methodical commentator on his master's writings..

Though Abulfeda as a late epitomator did not afford a startingpoint for methodical study of the sources, Reiske's edition with his version and notes certainly laid the foundation for research in Arabic history.

The Russians strengthened their works around the captured forts in such a way as effectually to prevent farther advance, and the Japanese 3rd Army had now to resign itself to a methodical siege.

One of the earliest attempts at a methodical arrangement of plants was made in Florence by Andreas Caesalpinus (1519-1603), who is called by Linnaeus Primus verus systematicus.

His industry in collecting forms and examples is both great and methodical.

By the methodical employment of these means we shall arrive at a text different from any existing one.

Clear and comprehensive in the grasp of the general outlines of his subject, he was methodical and vivid in the representation of details.

But he gives us much invaluable information for which we should search the more methodical chroniclers in vain.

He rose and, with methodical patience, swirled the trench around him, placed the sword on the inside with an array of other weaponry, and then stalked to the door.

Or - be very methodical about who you want to write for.

That tone is not methodical or even logical, it does not arrange things in neat orders like a catalog or text.

Each new enemy you encountered was a methodical treat and never failed to elicit a satisfied smirk.

The best protection, ironically, is not so much technological as methodical.

This type of methodical examination is described in detail on the fish health work-up pages.

Enthusiastic pupils sat at his feet (see the Panegyric of Gregory Thaumaturgus), and the methodical instruction which he imparted in all branches of knowledge was famous all over the East.

In his medical work he belonged to the "methodical" school (see Asclepiades), as a philosopher, he is the greatest of the later Greek Sceptics.

They contain, under the title Doctrine of Democritus, a fairly methodical treatise in ten books comprising the Argyropoeia and Chrysopoeia of the pseudo-Democritus, with many receipts for colouring metals, making artificial precious stones, effecting the diplosis or doubling of metals, &c. They give illustrations of the apparatus employed, and their close relationship to the Greek is attested by the frequent occurrence of Greek words and the fact that the 1 An alchemistical work bearing the name of Ostanes speaks of a divine water which cures all maladies - an early appearance of the universal panacea or elixir of life.

Modern medicine, like modern ?xperiscience, is as boldly speculative as it has been in mental any age, and yet it is as observant as in any naturalistic period; its success lies in the addition to these qualities of the method of verification; the fault of previous times being not the activity of the speculative faculty, without which no science can be fertile, but the lack of methodical reference of all and sundry propositions, and parts of propositions, to the test of experiment.

Upon the convergence of the manifold lines of investigation rest all reconstructions, all methodical studies of biblical religion, law and prophecy, and all endeavours to place the various developments in an adequate historical framework.

Similar results having been obtained with horses and asses, there is no escape from the conclusion that the telegony tradition is not confirmed by such methodical investigations as were suggested some years ago by Professor Weismann (see Cossar Ewart, The Penycuik Experiments, 1899) Telegony in Dogs.

It goes without saying that one must be conscientious and methodical.

Using a time management matrix is a highly methodical and organized approach to getting your schedule under control.

The time management system explained by Stephen Covey is highly methodical and organized.

Jazz may be about having fun, but it's also about being methodical.

The ant, methodical and dutiful, planned and worked to have enough food for the winter.

Whether you like fast and furious action or you prefer puzzle video games that are more methodical and cerebral in nature, you will surely find several free online casual games that suit your preferences.

Whether you like fast-paced arcade action involving letter tiles or more methodical titles that put your vocabulary to the test, there is a free online word game for you.

You can be the fastest person to clear rows and columns, but you never win against a player slow and methodical.