Adjective : a robot train operating between airline terminals. From Dictionary.com.
Although this year's applicant pool is by many measures the most highly qualified yet, admissions deans at a dozen top-tier colleges and universities said in interviews last week that they're also seeing a disappointing trend: Too many students are submitting "professionalized" applications rendered all too slick by misguided attempts at perfection, parental meddling and what one admissions dean describes as the robotlike approach teens are taking in presenting themselves. From Wordnik.com. [How Not to Get Into College: Submit a Robotic Application] Reference
He held out his arms, robotlike, and I hurried toward him. From Wordnik.com. [Confession] Reference
And when you cut it together like that, it appears very robotlike. From Wordnik.com. [CBS Chief Isn't Worried About YouTube or Google — 'As Long as We Get Paid'] Reference
Too stunned to react except in a robotlike manner, she answered it. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow of Your Smile] Reference
"I don't understand it," said Phule, pointing to the robotlike being standing next to Sushi. From Wordnik.com. [Phule me twice]
Nonetheless, he went robotlike through the motions of sociability and of being an interpreter. From Wordnik.com. [A Circus of Hells]
I was going to say what s9 did -- hmm, "s9" is a suspiciously robotlike designation, don't you think?. From Wordnik.com. [I Love the Future] Reference
More robotlike figures were scurrying across the floor of the central hall to join them on the staircase. From Wordnik.com. [Empire Builders]
Training Flint to do things was not difficult as long as I did not require robotlike precision and reliability. From Wordnik.com. [Born to Bark] Reference
Each one had a pair of jointed, robotlike arms, controlled from inside, for handling tools or manipulating objects in space. From Wordnik.com. [Golden State] Reference
Conte's robotlike bugs have a distinctly spooky look, conjuring the frequent sci-fi fear about machines becoming self-aware and taking over the planet. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Terminator: The Prosthetics Designer Who Makes Sci-Fi Sculptures] Reference
I suppose Pateel passed along some sign, for the Imperial Anthem welled out and we all held still for it, Pateel in robotlike attention, myself in a tired stoop suitable to a middleaged and overworked roan who must do this thing because he must, and all the court like show-window pieces. From Wordnik.com. [Double Star]
They had huge eyes, wild fur or square robotlike shapes. From Wordnik.com. [HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News] Reference
The place to begin to learn a craft is to learn to trust your consciousness so you will behave without robotlike instructions. ". From Wordnik.com. [Book review: Michael Dirda reviews 'Poetry in Person'] Reference
The cultists marched closer, robotlike and grim. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
Fane spoke in a toneless, almost robotlike voice. From Wordnik.com. [Little Fuzzy] Reference
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