unmechanicallyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnmᵻˈkanᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌənməˈkænək(ə)li/ Not mechanically.
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the mind > will > free will > [adverb]
freelyeOE
wilfullyc1000
by one's willOE
of oneselfOE
self-willesOE
of one's own willOE
willyOE
with one's willc1175
voluntarilyc1374
wilfulc1380
of one's own heada1393
willea1400
willilya1400
of (free) voluntyc1402
of or at one's (own) voluntyc1402
of one's own motion1419
of (also by, with) one's (own) goodwill?a1425
on one's own heada1425
of (also by, on, upon) one's own accorda1450
activelyc1454
willinglyc1475
voluntary1480
liberallya1500
of one's own swinge1548
voluntariously1550
voluntarlyc1568
for favour1574
at voluntary1585
of, out of, upon, or at (a person's) own voluntary1585
selfly1595
motu proprio1603
ultroneously1627
unimposedly1647
spontaneously1660
needlessly1710
unmechanically1764
1764 A. Wilson Short Observ. Princ. & Moving Powers Philos. 40 Matter resting unmechanically, that is, without any cause, can have no nisus in itself, else it would begin motion thereby.
1833 G. S. Faber Recapit. Apostasy 80 It does not therefore follow, that one of the two names is incapable of producing that number, when calculated unmechanically or with wisdom.
1934 Pella (Iowa) Chron. 10 May 3/3 He would get rid of his adding machine... It is a fine thing to be able to do your adding unmechanically.
2001 S. Earnest in I. Watson Performer Training ii. 38 It is felt that the creative process..can only be captured when the actor learns to repeat it unmechanically, and therefore creatively.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1764