unmethodicallyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnmᵻˈθɒdᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌənməˈθɑdək(ə)li/ Without method, system, or organization; in an unmethodical manner.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > unmethodically
immethodically1624
amethodically1631
unmethodically1632
desultorily1664
any old how1904
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb] > without system or method
unmethodically1632
unsystematically1749
impressionistically1909
presystematically1951
1632 P. Massinger & N. Field Fatall Dowry iv. sig. Hv What fouler obiect in the world, then to see..a hopefull Cheualier, vnmethodically appointed, in the externall ornaments of nature?
1746 Schemers Scrutiny 22 The Gentleman's Scheme, which he calls a Method, having its Parts unmethodically scattered in several Pages.
1828 J. G. Gorton Gen. Biogr. Dict. (1830) II. 1095/1 All these writings display great erudition and sagacity, obscurely and unmethodically conveyed.
1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. vi. 224 Selection is followed methodically when the fancier tries to improve and modify a breed according to a prefixed standard of excellence; or he acts unmethodically and unconsciously, by merely trying to rear as good birds as he can, without any wish or intention to alter the breed.
1939 Econ. Jrnl. 49 344 The Swedish system..serves the national purpose very excellently but quite unmethodically.
2003 Contemp. Sociol. 32 180/1 Even some economic models predict efficient aggregate market outcomes when individuals behave randomly or unmethodically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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