clockwork
/ˈklɑkwɝk/ adjective C2- Driven by clockwork.
- Very smooth and regular.
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Some of his own holdings were imperilled, and the man was working like some high-geared, delicate, strong machine—strung to full tension, going at full speed, accurate, never hesitating, with the proper word and decision and act ready and prompt as clockwork.
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