Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
watch (timepiece).
Etymologies
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Examples
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Jonah asked, gesturing toward the watchlike object.
Sabotaged Margaret Peterson Haddix 2010
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When Mark Permann slipped on his Polar S610 heart monitor for a morning run across the Brooklyn Bridge on Sept. 11, 2001, the watchlike device recorded more than the beating of his heart.
USATODAY.com - A digital snapshot of 9/11 takes shape on the Internet 2006
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A digital snapshot of 9/11 takes shape on the Internet — - When Mark Permann slipped on his Polar S610 heart monitor for a morning run across the Brooklyn Bridge on Sept. 11, 2001, the watchlike device recorded more than the beating of his heart ....
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Not the only nixie watch out there, but certainly the most watchlike...
Don't mess with that cow! sbisson 2005
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He thrust his hand into the pocket and drew out a small watchlike metal instrument, apparently a super-compact radio receiver and loud-speaker.
Hell Wings Over Manhattan Adams, Stephen 2004
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Their minds—their great, unified minds—clicked with that watchlike precision.
VENDETTA: THE GIANT NOVEL PETER DAVID 1991
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It had to be manufactured, carefully and meticulously conceived with the same watchlike precision that drove them on.
VENDETTA: THE GIANT NOVEL PETER DAVID 1991
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Their minds—their great, unified minds—clicked with that watchlike precision.
VENDETTA: THE GIANT NOVEL PETER DAVID 1991
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Their minds—their great, unified minds—clicked with that watchlike precision.
VENDETTA: THE GIANT NOVEL PETER DAVID 1991
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It had to be manufactured, carefully and meticulously conceived with the same watchlike precision that drove them on.
VENDETTA: THE GIANT NOVEL PETER DAVID 1991
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