clockworklike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

clockwork +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

clockworklike (comparative more clockworklike, superlative most clockworklike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of clockwork; with mechanical regularity.
    • 1980, Carl Abraham Daniel Fehrman, Poetic Creation, page 138:
      Particularly prose writers have found it possible to set up a disciplined routine enabling them to work with clockworklike punctuality and regularity.

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