like clockwork

Speech parts

1. like clockwork - Adverb

2. like clockwork - Phrase

Meaning

with regularity and precision

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Synonyms

easily regularly constantly continually systematically smoothly punctually successfully repeatedly precisely invariably effectively very well every time unfailingly
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Antonyms

accidentally irregularly infrequently chaotically from time to time sporadically
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Examples

the rocket launch went off like clockwork Source: Internet

As a singer with extraordinary vocal control, she is able to incarnate herself as Édith Piaf, Adele, Céline Dion, Madonna and many more, presenting the music of more than fifty performers in a production that is timed like clockwork. Source: Internet

And if, like clockwork, the 100% graduation rate of the scholars is any indication of the effectiveness of LCIC’s policy-making and operations, then the more inspired and determined this group becomes. Source: Internet

Cicadas overwhelm tree branches across the Mid-Atlantic once every 17 years, like clockwork. Source: Internet

Angry because the resulting list really doesn't work worth a damn, and I'll have to do the same exact thing again tomorrow, like clockwork. Source: Internet

Back to day 2 of the workshop and it goes like clockwork. Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

like clockwork

Close letter words and terms

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