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.
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Mechanically
//məˈkænɪkli//
Synonyms for "mechanically" (5 found)
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Adverb(1 words)
Related words (2)
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6 entriesderived from
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1 entriesTranslations
14 translations across 6 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- mecànicament adv (from a mechanical point of view)
- mecànicament adv (in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking)
Finnish
3 entries- koneellisesti adv (in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking)
- mekaanisesti adv (from a mechanical point of view)
- mekaanisesti adv (in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking)
French
2 entries- machinalement adv (in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking)
- mécaniquement adv (from a mechanical point of view)
Italian
1 entries- macchinalmente adv (in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking)
Polish
4 entries- bezmyślnie adv (in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking)
- machinalnie adv (in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking)
- mechanicznie adv (from a mechanical point of view)
- mechanicznie adv (in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking)
Spanish
2 entries- mecánicamente adv (from a mechanical point of view)
- mecánicamente adv (in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
You don't even know how to use a digital camera? How mechanically illiterate can you be? All you need to do is press the shutter.
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He did it mechanically.
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Ziri mechanically waved at the cops.
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