systematic

Meanings

Adjective

characterized by order and planning
- "the investigation was very systematic"
- "a systematic administrator"
of or relating to taxonomy

Adj

Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.
Methodical; regular and orderly.
Treating an object as a system or coherent whole.
Of or relating to taxonomic classification.
Of, relating to, or in accordance with generally recognized conventions for the naming of chemicals.
Of, relating to, or being a system.

Adv

systematically

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin systēmaticus, from Koine Greek συστηματικός (sustēmatikós), from σύστημᾰ (sústēmă, “a composite; system”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix). Cognate with French systématique and Italian sistematico. By surface analysis, system + -atic.

Synonyms

taxonomic, taxonomical

Antonyms

asystematic, chaotic, haphazard, nonsystematic, unsystematic

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