metronomicallyadv.
/ˌmɛtrəˈnɒmᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌmɛtrəˈnɑmək(ə)li/ According to the metronome; in the manner of a metronome (literal and figurative).
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the world > time > instruments for measuring time > [adverb] > according to different instruments
sciatherically1639
metronomically1822
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > duration of notes > tempo > [adverb] > according to metronome
metronomically1822
1822 Repository No. 80. 100 The vague directions as to tempo—‘slow’, ‘very slow’, &c. should be avoided..when it is in our power to mark the time metronomically.
1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2753/1 The marking of time metronomically,..or by metronome, is very accurate, and is called metronomy.
1974 Daily Tel. 14 Sept. 11/8 Both in the opening of the symphony and in the Adagio Mr Davis adopted and almost metronomically maintained tempi as fast as Beethoven has presumably imagined them.
1981 D. R. Koontz Mask xii. 285 The windshield wipers thumped metronomically.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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