adjective
- Characterized by method and orderliness.
- usage: "a methodical scholar"
Methodical and Explicit
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner or in a manner to illustrate a subject or to facilitate practical observation; as, the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise.
- (a.) Proceeding with regard to method; systematic.
- (a.) Of or pertaining to the ancient school of physicians called methodists.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
adjective
- Precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication.
- usage: "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"
- synonyms: expressed
- In accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term.
- synonyms: denotative
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
- (a.) A word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end.
- (a.) Not implied merely or conveyed by implication; distinctly stated; plain in language; open to the understanding; clear; not obscure or ambiguous; express; unequivocal; as, an explicit declaration.
- (a.) Having no disguised meaning or reservation; unreserved; outspoken; -- applied to persons; as, he was earnest and explicit in his statement.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(latin) explicit - it ends here