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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

like clockwork en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:simile) With perfect regularity and precision; faultless.
    • Thanks to the volunteers, the event ran like clockwork.

Coordinates

like atomic clockwork

Relateds

set one's watch by someone · run like a top

Synonyms

smoothly · swimmingly · without a hitch

Translations (21)

fi kellontarkasti (with perfect regularity and precision) · he כמו שעון (with perfect regularity and precision) · sv som ett urverk (with perfect regularity and precision) · de wie geschmiert (with perfect regularity and precision) · is eins og í sögu (with perfect regularity and precision) · is snurðulaust (with perfect regularity and precision) · de wie am Schnürchen (with perfect regularity and precision) · es sin falta (with perfect regularity and precision) · ru спо́ри́ться (with perfect regularity and precision) · de wie geölt (with perfect regularity and precision) · ru как по часам (with perfect regularity and precision) · ru как часы́ (with perfect regularity and precision) · fi täsmälleen (with perfect regularity and precision) · es como reloj (with perfect regularity and precision) · ro ca pe roate (with perfect regularity and precision) · hu óraműpontossággal (with perfect regularity and precision) · pl jak szwajcarski zegarek (with perfect regularity and precision) · tr saat gibi (with perfect regularity and precision) · hu mint a karikacsapás (with perfect regularity and precision) · es como mecanismo relojero (with perfect regularity and precision) · it puntuale come un orologio (with perfect regularity and precision)