metronomic

adjective

met·​ro·​nom·​ic ˌme-trə-ˈnä-mik How to pronounce metronomic (audio)
variants or less commonly metronomical
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 adverb

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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 Gundogan replaced David Silva’s metronomic influence, Ruben Dias brought back Vincent Kompany’s leadership and, of course, the pain of Sergio Aguero’s exit has been numbed somewhat. Sam Lee, New York Times, 16 May 2025 Through it all, there’s the metronomic wash of the tides onto the sand, waves lapping the beach, the undulation of the ocean, and the cityscape of Rockaway, with its large apartment buildings and detached houses, in the background. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for metronomic

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of metronomic was in 1866

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“Metronomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metronomic. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

Medical Definition

metronomic

adjective
met·​ro·​nom·​ic ˌme-trə-ˈnäm-ik How to pronounce metronomic (audio)
: 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

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