To methodically do something is to do it in a careful, orderly way. You might methodically sweep the floor, or you might methodically cook a meal.
He methodically went through the file cabinet, looking for the document that he was looking for.
She methodically cleaned the kitchen, starting with the kitchen table.
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in a methodical manner
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The killings were organized and methodical.
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A similar method is used to find the integral of secant.
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Methodical and organized, he was quite different from the familiar healers.
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The method for decrypting is identical to the method for encryption.
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The method used is the instant shaping method.
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The midpoint method is a refinement of the Euler's method.
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The most used method is the appraisal method.
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This method of brainstorming works by the method of association.
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The Baconian method introduced the empirical scientific method.
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A preferred straight oxidation method is the photosensitized oxygenation method.