Where Does the Word Methodically Come from?

methodical (adj.)
1560s, "pertaining to or characterized by method," from French methodique and directly from Late Latin methodicus, from Greek methodikos, from methodos (see method). Meaning "systematic, orderly" is by 1660s. Related: Methodically.

Where did the word really originate?

really (adv.)

The general sense is from early 15c. Purely emphatic use dates from c. 1600, "indeed," sometimes as a corroboration, sometimes as an expression of surprise or a term of protest; interrogative use (as in oh, really?) is recorded from 1815.

What does methodically mean in the dictionary?

performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person. painstaking, especially slow and careful; deliberate.

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