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systematic
systematic [ sístə máttik ] or systematical [ sístə 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)]

systematically adverb
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