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clocklike
[ klok-lahyk ]
adjective
- highly systematic, precise, and dependable:
The mail carrier arrives at noon with clocklike regularity.
Word History and Origins
Origin of clocklike1
Example Sentences
Storfer and his colleagues reconstructed the history of the tumor’s spread by analyzing changes in tumor genes that evolve in a regular, clocklike manner.
Under his directions, from the moment war was declared, everything worked with clocklike precision.
The guns of the American squadron roared with clocklike regularity, while the firing from the Spanish ships steadily decreased.
Their evening visits partook of the same clocklike regularity.
He took the instrument in his big hand and watched the clocklike face intently.
Jamie ceased the clocklike motion of his body to and fro over the difficult lesson.
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