metronomic

adjective

met·​ro·​nom·​ic ˌme-trə-ˈnä-mik 

variants or less commonly metronomical

ˌme-trə-ˈnä-mi-kəl 

1

: mechanically regular (as in action or tempo)

… the swimmer's arms lift and glide under the surface in a reliable metronomic cadence …

—Diana Nyad

2

medical : of, relating to, or being a drug or regimen of drugs administered in low doses at regular intervals over an extended period of time

metronomic chemotherapy

metronomically

ˌme-trə-ˈnä-mi-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of metronomic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ali covered his face and tried to absorb Frazier’s metronomic body blows, aiming to tire him. —Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025

Troy Calhoun’s Falcons are too metronomic to bet against. —Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2025

Then the world’s supreme golfer dusted himself down, birdied the next hole, and resumed his metronomic march towards The Open Championship. —Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 20 July 2025

The hours and days that had dilated so spectacularly on the ground snapped into metronomic order—too fast, too rushed, each second a lost opportunity to look more closely. —Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for metronomic

• anatomic
• antidromic
• astronomic
• autonomic
• cryptogamic
• diatomic
• economic
• ergonomic
• gastronomic
• monatomic
• psychonomic
• subatomic

Medical Definition

metronomic

adjective

met·​ro·​nom·​ic ˌme-trə-ˈnäm-ik 

: of, relating to, or being a drug or regimen of drugs administered in low doses at regular intervals over an extended period of time

metronomic cyclophosphamide

metronomic chemotherapy