loudly
relentlessly
away
The clock ticked relentlessly away on the mantelpiece.

simply
To take advantage of this extra bonus offer, simply tick the box on your order form.

mentally
off
She mentally ticked off the names of the people she had already spoken to.

nicely
The business is ticking over nicely at the moment.

still

keep things ticking over
Morrison had kept things ticking over in my absence.

Tick is used with these nouns as the subject:
clock, meter

Tick is used with these nouns as the object:
box