a systematic procedure for doing something, or the regular way in which something is done
You know my methods — Conan Doyle
an orderly arrangement or system
Though this be madness, yet there is method in't — Shakespeare
the habitual practice of orderliness and regularity
(the Method) a dramatic technique by which an actor seeks to identify closely with the inner personality of the character being portrayed
[via French and Latin from Greek methodos, from meta- + hodos way]