mechanicallyadverb
uk/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl.i/us/məˈkæn.ɪ.kəl.i/mechanically adverb (MACHINES)
using or relating to machines:
Most crops are harvested mechanically.
I'm not very mechanically minded (= do not understand how machines work).
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Engineering - mechanical
- -engined
- artificer
- automate
- automatic
- automatically
- automative
- hydraulic
- internal combustion engine
- mechanic
- mechanical
- octane
- octane number
- outboard motor
- pedal
- strip
- tick
- torque
- tune
- vane
- wheelbase
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mechanically adverb (WITHOUT THOUGHT)
also mechanistically, without thinking about what you are doing, especially because you do something often:
"Thank you," replied the ticket collector mechanically as he took each ticket.
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Habitual and customary
- accustomed
- all in a day's work idiom
- as a (general) rule idiom
- as a matter of course idiom
- as per usual/normal idiom
- expect
- more
- more often than not idiom 1
- more often than not
- natural
- naturally
- nine
- prevail
- pro forma
- rule
- rule
- surprise
- surprise, surprise idiom
- trad
- usu
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