methodical (methodikal)

[ When I am old, I will be as methodical an hypocrite as any pair of lawn sleeves in Savoy. Shirley, Grateful Servant, ii. 1. I have done it in a confused manner, and without the nice divisions of art; for grief is not methodical . Bp . Atterbury , Sermons, I. vi. methodically (me-thod'i-kal-i), adv. In a methodical manner; according to a method; with method or order.