Definition of "methodic" [me•thod•ic]

• Variant of methodical. (adjective)
• Chosen for the sake of its effect, rather than for its own sake; sometimes distinguished from real. (adjective)

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• "The doubt thus raised has been sometimes of the character called methodic, fictitious, or provisional, and sometimes real, or sceptical, as embodying the conclusion that objective truth cannot be known."
• "When she pulled up closest to the one-way side street he lived on, he confused the methodic tapping on the windshield with his own tempo, until it was surpassed by the rhythm of his heart."
• "On Patrick's subsequent visits, Julia had refused to repeat the shadow play, but it no longer mattered who was the wolf or who was the bird; what had started as a methodic courtship had turned into love."