tasklike

5.3

A careful, orderly way of working that follows the same steps each time

adjective
/ˈtæskˌlaɪk/

: metódico

Her tasklike approach to organizing events ensured everything ran smoothly and efficiently.

Examples

The ideal of her tasklike performance is an equation between the dancer's apparent expenditure of energy and the simple requirements of the motion being performed.

Academic text (1999)
If stripped-down, tasklike effort testifies to the "unenhanced physicality" of the dancer's body in Trio A, then the differential expenditure of energy needed to create such a direct display must also be understood to erase that very order of simple signification.

Academic text (1999)
The project required a tasklike focus, where each step was meticulously planned and executed.
He completed his homework with a tasklike precision that impressed his teachers.

Synonyms

machinelike

vstasklike

1 6.7

Acting in a very exact, automatic way without showing feeling

is about following a planned, methodical routine rather than automatic precision

automatonlike

vstasklike

Offensive

9.3

Showing no feeling and acting like a machine

focuses on systematic, planned action rather than emotionless mechanical motion

Antonyms

spontaneous

169 4.2

Happening naturally without planning or outside cause

chaotic

116 4.7

Not organized and full of confusion

How Routine

automatic

33 3.7

systematic

81 4.6

tasklike

5.3

regular

∞ 1.0

occasional

257 2.8

ad hoc

21 7.0

Surface Forms

tasklike positive

Morphology

tasklike = task (transparent) = task + like

Standard adjectival formation from the noun 'task' with the productive suffix '-like', meaning 'resembling a task'.

Etymology

Tasklike is made of task (a piece of work or chore) and the ending -like meaning 'similar to'. So to be tasklike is to act 'like a task' — doing things in a step-by-step, regular way.