mechanically
/məˈkænɪkli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
From a mechanical point of view.
adv
In a mechanical manner, mindlessly, thoughtlessly, automatically, without thinking.
Example Sentences
- "mechanically speaking"
- "My fears, however, made me mechanically close my thighs; but the very touch of his hand insinuated between them, disclosed them and opened a way for the main attack."
- ""Of what avail," and her eyes wandered mechanically round, "is all the luxury by which I am surrounded, if it serve only as a barrier to all kindly feelings?""
- "He commenced to say his prayers mechanically."
- "Provided they stick to their legal priors, rather than voting mechanically as Republican appointees, the justices seem likely to split on some of these cases — with real consequences for Trump’s agenda."
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- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? 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.
Inflected Forms
more mechanically (comparative)
most mechanically (superlative)