systematicaladj.
/ˌsɪstᵻˈmatᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌsɪstəˈmædək(ə)l/ Now much less common than systematic in all current senses.† 2. = systematic adj. 1. Obsolete.† 3. Astronomy. Originally: of or relating to the system of the universe, cosmological. In later use: of or relating to a system of celestial objects (cf. system n. 4). Obsolete.
1. † b. = systematic adj. 3. Obsolete.
a. = systematic adj. 2. Cf. sense 5.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] > systematic
systematical1636
systematic1666
society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > non-fiction > treatise or dissertation > [adjective] > systematic
systematical1636
systematic1666
society > leisure > the arts > literature > writer or author > [adjective] > systematic
systematical1782
systematic1847
1636 P. Heylyn Hist. Sabbath ii. viii. 258 By way of Catechisme, or Comment on the ten Commandements, or morall pietie, or systematicall divinity.
1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. 111 Such Precepts..are not Express'd and Rang'd in the Bible, as they are wont to be in Systematical Composures.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 421 But 'tis New Philosophy, and..he..likes the Company of his Systematical Divines better.
1766 F. Blackburne (title) The Confessional; or, A Full and Free Inquiry into the Right..Of Establishing Systematical Confessions of Faith and Doctrine in Protestant Churches.
1782 J. Priestley Hist. Corruptions Christianity I. i. ix. 124 Anselm, though he writes with wonderful acuteness, is not systematical.
1825 Philos. Mag. & Jrnl. 30 Apr. 267 Some systematical philosophers will in consequence, doubtless, give it the name of silicon.
1870 Ohio Educ. Monthly July 251 For a systematical study of German Grammar the scholar is referred in each lesson to some paragraphs of the ‘Elements’.
1926 G. Tucci Idealistic School in Buddhism 4 in Dacca Univ. Bull. XII. It cannot he denied that he [sc. Nâgârjuna] was the real father of ‘Mahâyâna’ systematical philosophy.
1988 G. J. H. Gelder Bad & Ugly vi. 96 This is no doubt partly because al-Muhadara is not a systematical treatise on poetics.
2009 K. A. Raaflaub in J. C. Edmondson Augustus ii. 228 A similar systematical study for the subsequent period from Tiberius to Nero is..most desired.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [adjective]
theoreticala1500
theorica1500
theorical?a1560
inspective1609
theoretic1617
systematic1668
systematical1677
1677 F. Bampfield All in One 7 They have made a new Scheme, and a Systematical World of invented Knowledges, which they do people in their own and in others fancies.
a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) II. 287 Wonders are daily wrought by Simples in the Highlands of Scotland..whither the plague of systematical Physic has not yet penetrated.
1748 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 25 Mar. in Lett. to Son (1774) I. 272 They are not the laboured reflections of a systematical closet politician, who, without the least experience of business, sits at home and writes maxims.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 57 Too much pertinacity in the support of systematical conjecture.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > pulsation > [adjective] > types of pulsation
slowa1398
stronga1398
throbbinga1450
systematical1658
long1671
natant1707
undose1707
vermiculose1707
exalted1742
salienta1791
inciduous1822
fluttering1834
sharp1843
sluggish1843
tricrotic1876
tricrotous1877
bounding1879
short1898
quadrigeminal1906
plateau1923
1658 tr. D. Sennert Nine Bks. Physick & Chirurg. iii. 161 Moreover these unequalities againe are divided into systematicall or collective, which is observed in more stroaks, and singular, which is in one stroake.
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the world > the universe > [adjective]
universala1393
macrocosmical1616
mundane1642
systematical1671
cosmical1686
cosmic1846
pancosmic1853
macrocosmic1862
the world > the universe > sun > [adjective] > solar system
systematical1671
1671 Philos. Trans. 1670 (Royal Soc.) 5 2057 In the Tract of the Systematical or Cosmical Qualities, he [sc. R. Boyle] maketh it out, That in estimating the Qualities of Natural Bodies, we are not only to consider the power..but also that there may be some Attributes.
1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes i. 8 These Ends, may,..be call'd Cosmical or Systematical, as regarding the Symmetry of the great System of the world.
1781 W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) (1782) 72 104 This new kind of systematical parallax, if I may be allowed to use that expression, for signifying the change arising from the motion of the whole solar system.
1804 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 94 363 A motion of γ Arietis, arising from systematical parallax..will perfectly account for the change.
4.
a. gen. = systematic adj. 4a.
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the world > relative properties > order > [adjective] > of or relating to a system > systematic
formal1413
methodical1570
methodic1620
systematical1686
systematic1722
systemical1724
scientific?1757
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation Pref. sig. av This Division [sc. Liberal and Servile Arts] is not large enough to comprehend all the Parts of Knowledge reduceable to a Systematical Method.
1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vii. 7 A brief account of some of the most principal and systematical Phænomena.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. Pref. Adding such things as were necessary to make the Whole appear more complete and systematical.
1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music v. 68 Their [sc. the ancients'] Divisions of the Musical Art are precise and systematical.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 214 The systematical movements of the whales receive additional illustration from many well known facts.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. viii. 320 This not with any dishonest intention, but in a sincere desire to arrange their ideas in systematical groups.
1915 Boys' Life Nov. 42/2 A very noticeable feature of their work was that they were systematical, showed evidence of real training, and..they gave implicit obedience to all orders.
1969 J. Ladrière in Philos. & Sci. as Modes of Knowing vii. 98 There are systematical developments about the possible forms of theories and about the type of results that can be obtained.
2011 A. Rosenfeld Remembering Becca 202 I hate processes, or any type of systematical way of doing things for that matter.
b. = systematic adj. 4b.
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the mind > will > intention > [adjective] > performed with intention
bethoughtc1200
expressa1400
wilfula1400
purposedc1422
purpensed1436
malice prepensed1454
aforethought1472
studiedc1475
setc1485
voluntary1495
deliberate?1527
willing1550
witting1553
propensed1560
fore-intendeda1586
affected1586
designed1586
determinate1586
intended1592
deliberated1594
uncasual1614
recollecteda1616
resolved1624
industriousa1628
intentionate1631
pre-intended1636
advised1642
malice prepense1647
sedentary1647
propense1650
consultive1651
(crime, evil, etc.) of forethought1692
conscious1726
intentionala1729
systematic1746
studious1750
systematical1750
prepensive1752
advertent1832
self-conscious1832
volitive1839
designful1852
purposeful1853
purposive1864
thought-controlled1926
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adjective] > of something evil or reprehensible
systematic1746
systematical1750
systematized1787
1750 C. Talbot Let. 26 Nov. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) I. 240 Some books of French, Morale Mondaine,..full of a systematical profligateness, veiled with delicacy of expression.
1755 Monitor No. 10. I. 77 The grand systematical corrupter.
1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1842) II. 81 In systematical contradiction to the company's orders.
1816 F. H. Naylor Hist. Germany I. i. viii. 290 The Jesuits, those systematical foes to every liberal sentiment.
1842 T. Wright Biogr. Brit. Lit.: Anglo-Saxon Period 343 One who had continued during five years to brave the systematical hostility shown towards the Christians by the victorious Arabs.
1917 J. Bernstorff Let. 31 Jan. in R. Lutz Fall of German Empire (1932) vi. 277 To wage a systematical economic war against her [sc. Germany].
1947 Justice for Austria i. 218/1 National Socialism was in Austria immediately after the usurpation of power an enemy of all existing religions and aimed at their systematical persecution.
2010 A. Dauge-Roth Writing & Filming Genocide of Tutsis in Rwanda ii. 12 Lists of prominent Hutu and Tutsi politicians..were distributed to ensure their systematical assassination.
5. In natural history: = systematic adj. 5. Now rare.
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the world > life > biology > taxonomy > [adjective] > system of taxonomy
systematic1746
systematical1763
1763 Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 667 The following are the characters of this insect called Coccus Cacti Opuntiæ, drawn up in Latin in the systematical manner of Doctor Linnæus.
1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1818) II. xvii. 48 Gould..though no systematical naturalist, was a man of sense and observation.
1829 T. Castle Introd. Systematical & Physiol. Bot. 2 That part of the science, which refers to..the classification of plants..is denominated systematical botany.
1902 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 41 295 The different groups of crayfishes, which have been suggested by the above chorological and systematical discussions, we may itemize.
2009 M. J. Ratcliff Quest Invisible 9 Many experimental research projects led to changing the place of certain beings in the systematical distributions.
Derivatives
ˌsystematiˈcality n. rare the quality of being systematic.
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the world > relative properties > order > [noun] > quality of being systematic
methodicalness1678
systematicality1872
organicity1893
1872 H. Nicol in Westm. Rev. 41 45 The symbols of foreign [sounds] will, from the systematicality of the alphabet, in most cases explain themselves.
1999 Jrnl. Symbolic Logic 64 922 Until the appearance of this book, the systematicality of his position was masked by its scattered presence in articles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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