systematically

English

Etymology

From systematic +‎ -ally.

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systematically (comparative more systematically, superlative most systematically)

  1. In a systematic manner; organizedly or methodically.
    Taxonomy seeks to systematically name all living organisms; each species has one name and everyone can figure out what that name is.
    • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion‎[1]:
      Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within, […] most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.
    • 2018, James Lambert, “A multitude of ‘lishes’: The nomenclature of hybridity”, in English World-Wide‎[2], page 5:
      Starting from this base list, a number of databases were systematically searched for terms, with especial effort taken to discover the earliest attestation possible[.]

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