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[ adverb ] in a methodical manner

Examples

"she worked methodically"

Used in print

(Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)

In deadly earnest , the besiegers methodically stripped away portions of the roof and tossed lighted rags inside , only to have most stamped_out by the women as_soon_as they hit the floor .

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

The colonel crouched tensely on one of the folding_chairs , methodically tearing at his thumbnail .

Related terms

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