Antonyms for automatically


Grammar : Adv
Spell : aw-tuh-mat-ik-lee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɔ təˈmæt ɪk li


Definition of automatically

Origin :
  • 1834, "involuntarily, unconsciously;" see automatic + -ly (2).
  • As in necessarily : adv inevitably, certainly
  • As in regularly : adv as a matter of usual practice
  • As in spontaneously : adv instinctively
  • As in unconsciously : adv without thinking
Example sentences :
  • Dick automatically followed him, and then stepped back, startled.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • Buel saw a man wave his hand, and automatically he waved in return.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • As in the past he had bristled and snarled at sight of Lip-lip, so now, and automatically, he bristled and snarled.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • That automatically made them captain and executive officer of the Benefactor.
  • Extract from : « Join Our Gang? » by Sterling E. Lanier
  • The great generators idled and automatically came to a stop.
  • Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • When she was a possible tenant it had suppressed itself, not consciously, but automatically.
  • Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
  • Morse looked away, and Edwardson automatically watched the indicator.
  • Extract from : « The Hour of Battle » by Robert Sheckley
  • Once the teams have re-learnt these lessons, the games will automatically do so.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • As he removed the finger, it automatically ceased to tremble.
  • Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall
  • It automatically cleanses the wound of any infectious matter.
  • Extract from : « 'Smiles' » by Eliot H. Robinson

Synonyms for automatically

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