machinelike
ma·chine·like [ mə-ˈshēn-ˌlīk]
: resembling or suggesting a machine especially in regularity of action or stereotyped uniformity of product Recent Examples on the Web
//Still another foursome processed Kurtag’s rigor with an exactitude almost frighteningly machinelike.
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Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, "Elias String Quartet and Jonathan Biss: Happiness on a high plane," 22 Feb. 2018
//The way Oklahoma State quarterback Mason Rudolph plays is machinelike.
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Nathan Ruiz, ajc, "Iowa State coach Matt Campbell calls Mason Rudolph ‘robo quarterback’," 6 Nov. 2017
//As the trainees practice sewing straight lines on pieces of scrap fabric, supervisors pace the aisle, hoping to spot one with machinelike dexterity and speed.
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Ellen Barry, New York Times, "Young Rural Women in India Chase Big-City Dreams," 24 Sep. 2016
//As a programming geek, Trapani- was accustomed to bringing machinelike efficiency to code, and the 30-year-old has been just as adept at streamlining everyday tasks.
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Wired Staff, WIRED, "Real Simple," 1 June 2006
First Known Use of machinelike
circa 1713, in the meaning defined above
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