Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an automatic manner; mechanically; unconsciously.
- By automatic means; by its own action.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an automatic manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In an
automatic manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
- adverb in a reflex manner
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Examples
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Novice musicians needn't worry, as the title automatically detects the key and scale, thus making it impossible to hit a wrong note when soloing.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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He was so dominant that he not only became an international master a title automatically granted to the winner if he is not already one, but he also earned one of the three norms needed to become a grandmaster.
NYT > Home Page By DYLAN LOEB MCCLAIN 2010
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There is an unfortunately pervasive rumor on the writers’ conference circuit that a genre label automatically translates into writing less polished than other fiction in professional minds.
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There is an unfortunately pervasive rumor on the writers’ conference circuit that a genre label automatically translates into writing less polished than other fiction in professional minds.
Author! Author! » Blog Archive » Genre categories – and more of my saga 2005
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Although the title automatically brings up favoritism involving race (well, since he's light skinned he .... know what?
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TracSNAPextracts data automatically from the project repository to provide answers to questions such as “Who else recently worked on the module I am about to start editing?”, and “Who else should I talk to before starting a task?”.
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There's a lot of things I don't know about The Twilight Zone, but I do know this: every time someone even mentions the name, my brain automatically plays the theme music ... inkedgal
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There's a lot of things I don't know about The Twilight Zone, but I do know this: every time someone even mentions the name, my brain automatically plays the theme music ... inkedgal
7 Things You Might Not Know About The Twilight Zone » E-Mail 2009
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This is unusual because I have it set to log in automatically, but no big deal, I know the password.
Months Later Valve Has Still Not Reset My Steam Password - The Consumerist 2009
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TracSNAPextracts data automatically from the project repository to provide answers to questions such as “Who else recently worked on the module I am about to start editing?”, and “Who else should I talk to before starting a task?”.
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