Antonyms for clockwork
ˈklɒkˌwɜrkclock·work

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1. • Mechanism

Princeton's WordNet

1. clockworknoun

   any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock

How to use clockwork in a sentence?

1. Terri Ann Lowenthal:

   This close to the implementation of the census, it's important that all of the gears are running like clockwork.

2. Cade Courtley:

   He said, ‘Hey, we're starting this new TV show that you'd be the perfect host for about surviving disaster situations – what do you think?’ all of a sudden – like clockwork, there's a boom that went off in the background and he's like, 'What the hell is that?' I go, 'That was an IED, so if you guys are serious, call my lawyer, let's do a deal, I'll come on back and we'll give this a try.' So I spent the next four or five years doing several different TV show productions and things like that and it was fun.

3. Manager AJ Hinch:

   Just breaking through with the big swing for Jose doesnt surprise me, its like clockwork, every ALDS it seems like he busts out with a really good game.

4. Tony Visconti:

   He also took some words from A Clockwork Orange, the lyrics are wacky, but a lot of British people, especially Londoners, will get every word.

5. John Bordi:

   The relative velocity between spacecraft and moon will be 14.7 miles per second (23.6 kilometers per second), so we are screaming by pretty fast, all steps have to go like clockwork to successfully acquire our planned data, because soon after the flyby is complete, the spacecraft needs to be reoriented for our upcoming close approach of Jupiter, which happens only 7 ½ hours later.

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