clockworky

English

Etymology

From clockwork +‎ -y.

Adjective

clockworky (comparative more clockworky, superlative most clockworky)

1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of clockwork.
   • 1988, Lin Carter, Callipygia, page 122:

     ...its innards hummed and buzzed, clicked and purred, whizzed and clacked and whirred, and made other annoying clockworky noises...

   • 2006, Howard Whitehouse, Bill Slavin, The Strictest School in the World, page 150:

     He had cleared it of springs, tubes, coils and clockworky bits for the occasion.