clocklike
highly systematic, precise, and dependable: The mail carrier arrives at noon with clocklike regularity.
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How to use clocklike in a sentence
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.
A highly contagious face cancer may not wipe out Tasmanian devils after all | Jonathan Lambert | December 10, 2020 | Science NewsUnder his directions, from the moment war was declared, everything worked with clocklike precision.
Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century | Charles MorrisThe guns of the American squadron roared with clocklike regularity, while the firing from the Spanish ships steadily decreased.
American Men of Action | Burton E. StevensonTheir evening visits partook of the same clocklike regularity.
The Girl From Tim's Place | Charles Clark MunnHe took the instrument in his big hand and watched the clocklike face intently.
Stand by for Mars! | Carey Rockwell
Jamie ceased the clocklike motion of his body to and fro over the difficult lesson.
Foes | Mary Johnston
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