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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   methodical

   "Aristotle, strict, methodic, and orderly."

2. 2
   Chosen for the sake of its effect, rather than for its own sake; sometimes distinguished from real.

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Example

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"Why call it the "Cyrillic script" and not the "Methodic script?""

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μεθοδικός (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”).

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