1 : done or arranged in a planned way : using a careful and orderly procedure … he began a methodical search, back and forth across the property …— Carl Hiaasen, Hoot. 2 : following a planned and orderly way of doing something especially out of habit He was a slow and methodical worker.

What is an example of methodical?

A person who slowly and carefully reads all directions and then follows them exactly is someone who would be described as methodical. Mathematical calculations done exactly according to procedure are an example of calculations that would be described as methodical.

What is a methodical person?

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