Systematical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise
              systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a
              just value for regularity and systems. --I. Watts.
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              A representation of phenomena, in order to answer
              the purposes of science, must be systematic.
                                                    --Whewell.
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     2. Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a
        systematic writer; systematic benevolence.
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     3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical.
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              These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical.
                                                    --Boyle.
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     4. (Med.) Affecting successively the different parts of the
        system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic
        degeneration.
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     {Systematic theology}. See under {Theology}.
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