Definitions
in a machinelike manner; without feeling
Word origin
From mechanical + -ly.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Fanny Hill“"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?"”
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01“By machine”12 letters
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