Absolutely
Absolutely adverb - Totally and definitely; without question.
Like clockwork and absolutely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Like clockwork" instead an adverb "Absolutely".
Like clockwork
Like clockwork adverb - With regularity and precision.
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Synonyms for Like clockwork
Absolutely and like clockwork are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Absolutely" instead an adverb phrase "Like clockwork".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- well and absolutely
- well and like clockwork
- positively and absolutely
- positively and like clockwork
- definitely and absolutely
- definitely and like clockwork
- simply and absolutely
- simply and like clockwork
- indeed and absolutely
- indeed and like clockwork
- perfectly and absolutely
- perfectly and like clockwork
- plainly and absolutely
- plainly and like clockwork
Both terms in one sentence
- Finns knew that their hotel rooms would be obviously bugged so while discussing in "private" they would mention X as absolutely definitely maximum agreeable price for a given item and like clockwork the next day Soviet negotiators would ask X+Y which would then be haggled to X.
Source: Bluff the Eavesdropper
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