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systematic

sys·tem·at·ic [ sìstə máttik ] or sys·tem·at·ic·al [ sìstə máttik'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. done methodically: carried out in a methodical and organized manner

2. well organized: habitually using a method or system for organization

3. methodical: deliberate and regular in a methodical manner

4. based on system: constituting, based on, or resembling a system

5. biology relating to taxonomic classification: in accordance with a system of taxonomic classification systematics

[Mid-17th century. Via late Latin< Greek sustēmatikos< sustēma (see system)]

sys·tem·at·i·cal·ly adverb
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