different between methodical vs lingchi

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (methodikós, “going to work by rule, systematic, crafty”), +? -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

methodical (comparative more methodical, superlative most methodical)

1. In an organized manner; proceeding with regard to method; systematic.
2. Arranged with regard to method; disposed in a suitable manner, or in a manner to illustrate a subject, or to facilitate practical observation.

   the methodical arrangement of arguments; a methodical treatise

   • […] methodical regularity which would have been requisite in a prose author.

Synonyms

• systematic

Related terms

• methodic
• methodically
• methodological

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• ling chi
• leng t'che

Etymology

From Mandarin ????? (língchí).

Noun

lingchi (uncountable)

1. A form of execution used in China from roughly 900 to 1905 C.E., the "death by a thousand cuts", in which the condemned was killed by methodical removal of body parts with a knife.

   Synonym: slow slicing