SG Heritage Dictionary

Methodical [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise.

2. Proceeding with regard to method; systematic.

3. Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists.

Methodically [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In a methodical manner; according to natural or convenient order.

Order Roget’s Thesaurus §58

N. order, regularity, uniformity, symmetry, lucidus ordo, music of the spheres, gradation, progression, series, subordination, course, even tenor, routine, method, disposition, arrangement, array, system, economy, discipline orderliness, rank, place

V. be in order, become in order, form, fall in, draw up, arrange itself, range itself, place itself, fall into one's place, take one's place, take one's rank, rally round, adjust, methodize, regulate, systematize

Adj. orderly, regular, in order, in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place, neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic, unconfused &c. (see confuse ), arranged

Adv. in order, methodically, in -turn, - its turn, step by step, by regular -steps, -gradations, -stages, -intervals, seriatim, systematically, by clockwork, gradatim, at stated periods

Phr. natura non facit saltum, "order is heaven's first law", "order from disorder sprung", ordo est parium dispariumque rerum sua loca tribuens dispositio

Arrangement Roget’s Thesaurus §60

N. arrangement, plan, preparation, disposal, disposition, collocation, allocation, distribution, sorting, assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization, grouping, tabulation, analysis, classification, clustering, division, digestion, digest, synopsis, syntagma, table, atlas, file, database, register, organism, architecture, sieve, riddle, screen, sorter

V. reduce to order, bring into order, introduce order into, rally, arrange, dispose, place, form, put in order, set in order, place in order, set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal, cast the parts, assign the parts, dispose of, assign places to, assort, sort, sift, riddle, put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array, apportion, class, classify, divide, file, string together, thread, register, catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade, methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix, unravel, disentangle, ravel, card, disembroil, feaze

Adj. arranged, embattled, in battle array, cut and dried, methodical, orderly, regular, systematic

Phr. "in vast cumbrous array"