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automatically

[ aw-tuh-mat-ik-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

without volition or from force of habit; mechanically:
Whenever I hear that song, I automatically think of my dad.
by a device or process requiring no human intervention:
The switch can be operated automatically or manually.
in a manner independent of a decision or action:
Your membership will be renewed automatically.
(of a firearm) repeatedly for as long as the trigger is pulled:
a rifle that fires automatically.

First recorded in 1710–15; automatic ( def ) + -ly ( def )

Although Southern did not automatically equal neo-Confederate, at times the distinction could easily get lost.

Even if they managed two or three days of hearings for Lynch, the calendar automatically goes into the following week.

Tickets will be free, but anyone who has ever denied anthropogenic climate change will be automatically denied a boarding pass.

But does simply announcing one has a story automatically legitimize its telling?

As the Hooters press kit shows, an appreciation for breasts does not automatically translate to an appreciation of women.

Hence, at the end of the war, the provision for redemption of Bank of England notes will work automatically.

Tom sat for a long time before the open window in a state of half stupor, staring at the pictures his mind offered automatically.

Directly any one of these be touched, the suitable bass mechanism is automatically thrown out of action.

You mean his Subtle Body, as you call it, might issue forth automatically in deep sleep and seek the object of its desire?

Automatically, as a result of habit, she unlocked her jewel-case and took out a tiny phial containing minute cachets.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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