methodical
She thought about the situation methodically and strategically.
The artist methodically builds up her layers of colour.
He approached the task before him methodically.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cautious and vigilant
abundance
an abundance of cautionidiom
askance
attentive
attentively
diligence
diligent
diligent about something/doing something
discreet
due diligence
meticulousness
mindful
minutely
narrowly
once
semi-conservative
slowly
snuffly
super-cautious
super-conservative

Examples of methodically

methodically
The definition of teaching in a creative context differs from the notion of imparting knowledge or instructing methodically.
Jean and his family began the 1993-4 growing season quite methodically.
One involves the rigorous, systematic expansion of the gamut specifically in order to incorporate more pitches methodically.
Even when the composer is not methodically drawing upon lied material, he uses allusive material at significant points to integrate his largely free sections.
It is a book the young sedimentologist will have to read methodically, and the experienced specialist can still learn much from it.
The best way to gain knowledge is to let the world act causally on our senses - that is, to experience its objects immediately and methodically.
Independent nurse prescribing has developed slowly and methodically, with legislative changes increasing nurses' prescribing powers and confidence.
Each step along the way was carefully planned and each goal methodically pursued.
Each chapter is methodically constructed, readable, and accessible.
Both interpretations rest on a series of assumptions, which are methodically examined and act as guideposts to a new and convincing conclusion.
The rebels attacked from all sides methodically and relentlessly.
The exercises provide concrete illustrations of the general principles of linguistics as they methodically build the novice's skill in linguistic analysis.
For example, we have made no attempt to study methodically the frequency of the most unstable growth rate in parameter space.
Suspicion does not refer to something absent or hidden; rather, it is the surreptitiousness that is produced methodically which guarantees the unremitting practice of the techniques of power.
A context can be likened to a situation that has been recognised, and which has a prescribed set of procedures that must be carried out, sequentially, methodically, or arbitrarily.
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