What does "mechanically" mean?

From a mechanical point of view.

What is a synonym for "mechanically"?

Common synonyms include: automatically, automatically, compulsively, involuntarily, rote.

Mechanically

//məˈkænɪkli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb

1
From a mechanical point of view.
"mechanically speaking"
2
In a mechanical manner, mindlessly, thoughtlessly, automatically, without thinking.
"My fears, however, made me mechanically close my thighs; but the very touch of his hand insinuated between them, disclosed them and opened a way for the main attack."

Adverb

1
in a machinelike manner; without feeling wordnet
2
in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

automatically automatically compulsively involuntarily rote

Example

More examples

"I drank glass after glass of the wine—not that I enjoyed its flavor any more, but mechanically, as it were, and with a sort of hope thereby to drown unpleasant reminders."

Etymology

From mechanical + -ly.

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