in a groove

ADJECTIVE

methodic

Synonyms

WEAK

all together analytical businesslike by the book by the numbers careful cut-and-dried deliberate disciplined efficient exact fixed framed logical methodized meticulous neat ordered orderly painstaking planned regular scrupulous set-up structured systematic systematical tidy together well-regulated

ADJECTIVE

methodical/methodic

Synonyms

WEAK

Antonyms

WEAK

confused disorderly disorganized imprecise unmethodical/unmethodic

ADJECTIVE

systematical

Synonyms

WEAK

all together analytical businesslike by the book by the numbers careful cut-and-dried deliberate disciplined efficient exact fixed framed logical methodic methodized meticulous neat ordered orderly painstaking planned regular scrupulous set-up structured systematic tidy together well-regulated

ADVERB

on a roll

Synonyms

WEAK

cooking hot hot-handed in a zone on fire on one's game smoking

Example Sentences

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in a groove

When you’re in a groove, the last thing you want to see is: “You’ve hit your limit.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

He repeatedly replaces a starter who’s in a groove with a reliever who shouldn’t be pitching in MLB.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2024

“Some seasons it is a pain because you’re in a groove and you don’t want to take that pause,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2023

Mitchell remained in a groove with his new team, topping 30 points for the sixth time in eight games.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2022

He was fixed in a course, like a ball in a groove.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White