machinelike

English

Etymology

machine + -like

Adjective

machinelike (comparative more machinelike, superlative most machinelike)

  1. Resembling a machine; mechanical in form
    • 1988 July 1, Laura Molzahn, “Private Puritan”, in Chicago Reader:
      She achieved the movement by propelling herself through a series of balances, her arms and legs moving slowly and continuously, almost machinelike.

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