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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: characterized by order and planning; "the investigation was very systematic"; "a systematic administrator" [ant: unsystematic]
2: of or relating to taxonomy; "taxonomic relations"; "a taxonomic designation" [syn: taxonomic, taxonomical, systematic]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Late Latin systematicus, from Greek syst?matikos, from syst?mat-, syst?ma Date: circa 1680 1. relating to or consisting of a system 2. presented or formulated as a coherent body of ideas or principles <systematic thought> 3. a. methodical in procedure or plan <a systematic approach> <a systematic scholar> b. marked by thoroughness and regularity <systematic efforts> 4. of, relating to, or concerned with classification; specifically taxonomic • systematically adverb • systematicness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 methodical; done or conceived according to a plan or system. 2 regular, deliberate (a systematic liar). Phrases and idioms: systematic theology a form of theology in which the aim is to arrange religious truths in a self-consistent whole. Derivatives: systematically adv. systematism n. systematist n. Etymology: F systématique f. LL systematicus f. late Gk sustematikos (as SYSTEM)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Systematic Sys`tem*at"ic, Systematical Sys`tem*at"ic*al, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. syst['e]matique.] 1. Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study. Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a just value for regularity and systems. --I. Watts. A representation of phenomena, in order to answer the purposes of science, must be systematic. --Whewell. 2. Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence. 3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical. These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical. --Boyle. 4. (Med.) Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Something that is done in a systematic way is done according to a fixed plan, in a thorough and efficient way. They had not found any evidence of a systematic attempt to rig the ballot. ADJ: usu ADJ n • systematically The army has systematically violated human rights... She began applying systematically to colleges. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also systematical) 1. Methodical, orderly, regular. 2. Cosmical.

Moby Thesaurus

accordant, alike, analytical, arranged, automatic, balanced, businesslike, consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, correspondent, equable, equal, even, flat, formal, habitual, harmonious, homogeneous, immutable, in hand, invariable, level, logical, measured, mechanical, methodic, methodical, monolithic, normal, of a piece, ordered, orderly, organized, persistent, planned, regular, regular as clockwork, robotlike, routine, smooth, stable, standard, standardized, steadfast, steady, symmetrical, systematized, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, uniform, unruffled, unvaried, unvarying, usual, well-ordered, well-regulated