SYSTEMATIC
systematic
(adjective) characterized by order and planning; “the investigation was very systematic”; “a systematic administrator”
taxonomic, taxonomical, systematic
(adjective) of or relating to taxonomy; “taxonomic relations”; “a taxonomic designation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
systematic (comparative more systematic, superlative most systematic)
Carried out using a planned, ordered procedure.
Methodical, regular and orderly.
Of, or relating to taxonomic classification.
(proscribed) Of, relating to, or being a system.
Antonyms
• chaotic
• haphazard
• unsystematic
Adverb
systematic (comparative more systematic, superlative most systematic)
(colloquial) systematically
Source: Wiktionary
Sys`tem*at"ic, Sys`tem*at"ic*al, a. [Gr. systématique.]
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.)
Definition: Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set
of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration. Systematic theology.
See under Theology.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition