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"systematic" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often methodological (14 letters).
Definitions
characterized by order and planning
Word origin
Borrowed from Late Latin systēmaticus, from Koine Greek συστηματικός (sustēmatikós), from σύστημᾰ (sústēmă, “a composite; system”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix). Cognate with French systématique and Italian sistematico. By surface analysis, system + -atic.
Used in a sentence
“the systematic study of religious beliefs”
“And say, when them Gogs started out to put a thing through they did it systematic and thorough.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Methodical”10 letters
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