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clockworky

clockworky adjective: resembling or characteristic of clockwork.

Adjective

clockworky (comparative more clockworky, superlative most clockworky)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of clockwork.
    • ...its innards hummed and buzzed, clicked and purred, whizzed and clacked and whirred, and made other annoying clockworky noises...1988, Lin Carter, Callipygia, page 122
    • He had cleared it of springs, tubes, coils and clockworky bits for the occasion.2006, Howard Whitehouse, Bill Slavin, The Strictest School in the World, page 150

Forms of clockworky

comparativemore clockworky
superlativemost clockworky

Origin of clockworky

From clockwork + -y.

Questions about clockworky

What does clockworky mean?
Clockworky means resembling or characteristic of clockwork.
What part of speech is clockworky?
Clockworky is an adjective.

Words near clockworky in the dictionary

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

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