programmatically
/pɹoʊɡɹəˈmætɪk(ə)li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a programmatic manner.
adv
In the manner of a political program; ideologically.
adv
Through program code, rather than through a user interface.
Example Sentences
- "While clearly opposed to the political thrust of much 'Heritage' cinema (Sammy and Rosie, in particular, in programmatically anti-Tory: for example, the property developer who ousts the 'straggly kids' is one of Thatcher's MPs and her vision of a 'new Britain' is blatantly lampooned), Kureishi's films do not, however, endorse traditional kinds of Left oppositional politics as the best means by which to challenge the hegemony of the New Right."
- "To force a window to repaint itself programmatically, you call the inherited Invalidate() method[…]"
- "Mark-up coding was programmatically added to identify certain data types from others, for example, headwords and citations."