metronomic
adjective
met·ro·nom·ic
ˌme-trə-ˈnä-mik 
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 …—
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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
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—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
Kamara and Tielemans usually symbolise Villa’s metronomic possession, but one conceded a penalty and the other was directly at fault for a goal.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
All that effort coalesced into an assault that runs with metronomic smoothness and offers up the propulsive destruction that defines this franchise.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
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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
Kamara and Tielemans usually symbolise Villa’s metronomic possession, but one conceded a penalty and the other was directly at fault for a goal.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
All that effort coalesced into an assault that runs with metronomic smoothness and offers up the propulsive destruction that defines this franchise.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Metronomic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metronomic. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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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
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