systematicallyadv.
/ˌsɪstᵻˈmatᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌsɪstəˈmædək(ə)li/ 1.
a. In a systematic manner; according to a system or organized plan; regularly and methodically.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > methodically
regularlyc1475
methodically1570
normally1598
systematically1646
regular1704
scientifically1764
hand over hand1824
the world > relative properties > order > [adverb] > in relation to a system > systematically
systematically1646
scientifically1764
1646 Bp. J. Wilkins Ecclesiastes 46 The usuall Common places of Divinity are Systematically handled by these Authors.
1699 T. Baker Refl. Learning vi. 68 Aristotle is more noted for his order, in bringing Morality into Systeme,..and distinguishing vertues into their several kinds, which had not been handled Systematically before.
1753 W. Warburton Princ Nat. & Revealed Relig. v. 125 Urging those truths systematically,..which the Evangelists proposed singly and without connection.
1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott IV. v. 148 Every case and shelf was accurately lettered, and the works arranged systematically.
1860 J. W. Carlyle Lett. (1883) III. 45 The silence I systematically observe on the shortcomings of servants.
1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iv. 93 Pope..knew the value of independence well enough to be systematically economical.
1910 Times 8 Sept. 4/5 A large building..is being systematically quarried for building stone.
1958 E. Birney Turvey iv. 30 Every assault victim was systematically interviewed in turn.
2005 Isis 95 387 Rona was systematically paid 250 schillings per month.
b. With a regularity indicating (esp. malicious or reprehensible) design or habit. Cf. systematic adj. 4b.
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the mind > will > intention > [adverb]
willesOE
with one's willc1175
willes and waldesc1225
adviselya1325
wittinglya1340
wilfullyc1374
witting1377
a-purposea1382
of purpose (also (out) of (a) (set) purpose)a1382
wilfulc1381
willingly1402
of intention1430
knowingly1435
advisedlyc1449
deliberately1471
purpensely1472
purposely1495
prepensedly1496
purpensedly1496
purposedlya1540
proposely?1550
studiously1567
on (also upon) purpose1569
on set purpose1569
of industry1575
affectedly1582
premeditatelya1595
deliberatively1598
consultively1599
intentionallya1673
affectionally1603
by (also out of, on, upon) design1603
intentionately1609
industriouslya1616
perpensedly1624
intendedlya1641
unspontaneously1640
industrously1643
consultedly1645
consideringly1647
designedly1652
premeditatedly1653
wittily1653
intendingly1678
premeditatinglya1679
self-consciously1685
propensely1694
thinkingly1705
accidentally on purpose1711
affectionatelya1716
prepensely?1725
systematically1744
advertently1745
systemically1761
reflectively1775
purposefullya1854
meaningly1867
aimfully1870
purposively1878
designingly1879
proposedly1887
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > in something evil or reprehensible
systematically1744
systemically1888
1744 Considerations Politics France 44 My sole Intention is to prove that France acts systematically, and that our Destruction, if it be not the End, will at least prove one of the Consequences of her bringing her System to bear.
a1751 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. (1752) I. iv. 122 History has been purposely and systematically falsified in all ages.
1829 F. Glasse Belgic Past. ii. 39 He systematically gains his ends By sacrifice of principles and friends.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) II. x. 411 The pope..had heard..that abbots and monks in many places were systematically faithless to their vows.
1898 R. Davey Cuba 108 The miserable reconcentrados..who, between the two camps, have been systematically starved to death.
1925 L. D. Flemming Crop of Chaff (ed. 2) 23 I had systematically been killing a plant that was worth a small fortune.
1977 Time 28 Nov. 36/2 Iran's secret police organization, SAVAK, had systematically persecuted dissidents.
2006 Vanity Fair Sept. 246/3 Sunnis have been systematically purged from their positions.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > confirmation of hypothesis, theory > [adverb]
theorically1571
theoreticallya1626
systematically1749
metaphysically1790
1749 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 19 Dec. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1468 This knowledge is not to be gotten systematically, you must acquire it..by your own observation and sagacity.
1771 C. Milne Inst. Bot. i. 26 A ridiculous distinction has been suggested, whereby to know plants systematically, and to know them practically, have been placed in direct opposition to each other.
Phrases
systematically ambiguous adj. [after systematic ambiguity n. at systematic adj. and n. Compounds] Philosophy (esp. of a word or expression) having an ambiguity governed and explicable by a rule; cf. systematic ambiguity n. at systematic adj. and n. Compounds.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > philosophy of language > language theories of individual philosophers > [adjective] > of systematic ambiguity
systematically ambiguous1929
1929 C. I. Lewis Mind & World-order i. 11 The adjective ‘real’ is systematically ambiguous and can have a single meaning only in a special sense.
1967 Philosophy 42 208 ‘Reality’ may be systematically ambiguous.
2012 Jrnl. Managem. & Strategy (Nexis) Dec. 65 The paradigm is systematically ambiguous and inherently unreliable in the governance of public organizations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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