adv
Meaning 1
From a mechanical point of view.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- mechanically speaking
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
mechanically
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/məˈkænɪkli/
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CMU ARPABET: M AH0 K AE1 N IH0 K L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
In a mechanical manner, mindlessly, thoughtlessly, automatically, without thinking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a machinelike manner; without feeling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he smiled mechanically
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 4
in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- this door opens mechanically
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: automatically
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megh-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mechanically From mechanical + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: mecànicament — from a mechanical point of view
- Finnish: mekaanisesti — from a mechanical point of view
- French: mécaniquement — from a mechanical point of view
- German: mechanisch — from a mechanical point of view
- Polish: mechanicznie — from a mechanical point of view
- Spanish: mecánicamente — from a mechanical point of view
- Catalan: mecànicament — in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking
- Finnish: mekaanisesti — in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking
- Finnish: koneellisesti — in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking
- French: machinalement — in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking
- German: mechanisch — in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking
- Italian: macchinalmente — in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking
- Polish: machinalnie — in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking
- Polish: mechanicznie — in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking
- Polish: bezmyślnie — in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking
- Spanish: mecánicamente — in a mechanical manner, mindlessly, without thinking
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