scientific

Universal Words adjective [usuallybeforenoun] 1 involving science; connected with science: a scientific discovery / study / adviser * scientific knowledge / research / instruments * sites of scientific interest 2 (of a way of doing sth or thinking) careful and logical: He took a very scientific approach to management. * We need to be more scientific about this problem. OPPUNSCIENTIFIC compareNON-SCIENTIFIC scientifically adverb