Definitely
Definitely adverb - Without any question.
Like clockwork and definitely are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Like clockwork" instead an adverb "Definitely".
Like clockwork
Like clockwork adverb - With regularity and precision.
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Synonyms for Like clockwork
Definitely and like clockwork are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Definitely" instead an adverb phrase "Like clockwork".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- absolutely and definitely
- absolutely and like clockwork
- positively and definitely
- positively and like clockwork
- indeed and definitely
- indeed and like clockwork
- perfectly and definitely
- perfectly and like clockwork
- plainly and definitely
- plainly and like clockwork
- certainly and definitely
- certainly and like clockwork
- easily and definitely
- easily 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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Like clockwork and Definitely. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/definitely/like_clockwork
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