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clockworklike

clockworklike adjective: resembling or characteristic of clockwork; with mechanical regularity.

Adjective

clockworklike (comparative more clockworklike, superlative most clockworklike)

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

Forms of clockworklike

comparativemore clockworklike
superlativemost clockworklike

Origin of clockworklike

From clockwork + -like.

Questions about clockworklike

What does clockworklike mean?
Clockworklike means resembling or characteristic of clockwork; with mechanical regularity.
What part of speech is clockworklike?
Clockworklike is an adjective.

Words near clockworklike in the dictionary

  1. clockwork oranges
  2. clockwork radio
  3. clockwork radios
  4. clockwork universe
  5. clockwork universes
  6. clockworklike
  7. clockworks
  8. clockworky
  9. clocky
  10. clocortolone
  11. clocoumarol

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