clockworklike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of clockwork; with mechanical regularity.

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Meanings

adjectiveclockworklike (comparative more clockworklike, superlative most 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

Origin

From clockwork + -like.

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APA

clockworklike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockworklike

MLA

“clockworklike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockworklike. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clockworklike,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clockworklike.

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