What does machinelike mean?
Machinelike means Resembling a machine; mechanical in form.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Resembling a machine; mechanical in form.
She achieved the movement by propelling herself through a series of balances, her arms and legs moving slowly and continuously, almost machinelike.
The latter, for example, are overheard dismissing the former as mere “quantoids”—as if quantitative methods turn those who deploy them into machinelike expellers of numeric waste.
Use machinelike when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Machinelike means Resembling a machine; mechanical in form.
Common synonyms include mechanical, automatic, automatonlike, robotlike.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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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