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me‧thod‧i‧cal
1 a methodical way of doing something is careful and uses an ordered system : 
He always checked every detail in a methodical way.a methodical approach to answering questions
He always checked every detail in a methodical way.a methodical approach to answering questions2 a methodical person always does things carefully, using an ordered system : She's a very methodical person. He had a neat, methodical mind.
She's a very methodical person.He had a neat, methodical mind. —methodically adverb: He went through the papers methodically, one by one.
adverb: He went through the papers methodically, one by one.