Metronomically
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a metronomic fashion.
"After many rearrangings — his eyes all the while swiveling metronomically between the package on the stranger's lap and the stranger's absent gaze — he at last settled, brow knit with dissatisfaction, on an order that would temporarily suffice […]"
Example
More examples"After many rearrangings — his eyes all the while swiveling metronomically between the package on the stranger's lap and the stranger's absent gaze — he at last settled, brow knit with dissatisfaction, on an order that would temporarily suffice […]"
Etymology
From metronomic + -ally.