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Meanings of machinelike in English

Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine.

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Usage of machinelike in English
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There is none of the jerky machinelike quality that mars most bots.
Wired
2
Vasquez resumed her advance, more machinelike in her movements than any robot.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
3
I went back to lifting food to my mouth with machinelike regularity.
All You Need Is Kill
4
The iron fey were too machinelike-cold ,logical ,andcalculating-andtheir world reflected that.
The iron king
5
Some people first notice the relentless, machinelike song of the males.
The new yorker
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Her presence contrasted sharply with the machinelike utilitarian lab around her.
Unity
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Other soldiers lifted the flag from the casket and folded it with machinelike precision.
Riding rockets
8
Those annoying tweets that arrive with machinelike regularity each day?
Wired
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He watched the merry-go-round's rhythmic turn and heard faintly the clash-grind-thump of its machinelike music.
The Incredible Shrinking Man
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Still, he needed to consume some calories, and proceeded to do so with machinelike efficiency.
Mass Effect: Deception
11
A dragonfly whizzed past, an almost machinelike burr to the clacking of its amazing wings.
The flock
12
Scenes that portrayed strange, machinelike beings, doing incomprehensible things.
Existence
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Here I come now, you pig! It was demolishing the door in a machinelike frenzy.
The Shining
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The earth's great chugging machinelike noise went on.
Magic terror: seven tales
15
My strides slowed but turned longer, steadier, machinelike.
Ghost Story
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Even that, however, in a person whose machinelike attitude towards her provoked her resentment, was noticeable.
The Tempting of Tavernake
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