Meanings
comparative more automatically · superlative most automatically
- In an automatic manner.
The mere existence of a dictionary of a certain variety of English does not automatically confer acceptance of that variety.
2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 1142 more examples
Most of the overhead system is of the weight-tensioned type, constant tension being automatically applied by balance weights.
1959 June 28, “Clacton and Walton Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 379The Social Security Administration announced Friday that it will no longer automatically withhold 100% of the overpayment amount from recipients’ monthly benefits. Instead, it will collect 10% – or $10, whichever is greater – to recover the overpayment.
2024 March 29, Tami Luhby, “Social Security slashes amount of overpayments beneficiaries must pay back”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2024
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a mechanical manner; by a mechanism
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Proto-Indo-European*tó-
- Proto-Hellenic*autós
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
- Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
- Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
- Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
- Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
- Proto-Indo-European*men-
- Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
- Proto-Hellenic*mətós
- Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
- Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
- Classical Latinautomatum
- New Latinautomaticus
- Englishautomatic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishautomatically
Translations
Catalan automàticament
- automàticamentIn an automatic manner
Czech automaticky
- automatickyIn an automatic manner
Danish automatisk
- automatiskIn an automatic manner
Dutch automatisch
- automatischIn an automatic manner
Esperanto aŭtomate
- aŭtomateIn an automatic manner
Estonian automaatselt
- automaatseltIn an automatic manner
Finnish automaattisesti
- automaattisestiIn an automatic manner
French automatiquement
- automatiquementIn an automatic manner
German automatisch, von selbst
- automatischIn an automatic manner
- von selbstIn an automatic manner
Hungarian automatikusan
- automatikusanIn an automatic manner
Italian automaticamente
- automaticamenteIn an automatic manner
Polish automatycznie, automatem
- automatycznieIn an automatic manner
- automatemIn an automatic manner
- z automatuIn an automatic manner
Portuguese automaticamente
- automaticamenteIn an automatic manner
Romanian automat, în mod automat
- automatIn an automatic manner
- în mod automatIn an automatic manner
Russian автомати́чески
- автомати́чески (avtomatíčeski)In an automatic manner
Slovak automaticky
- automatickyIn an automatic manner
Spanish automáticamente, solo
- automáticamenteIn an automatic manner
- soloIn an automatic manner
Swedish automatiskt, per automatik
- automatisktIn an automatic manner
- per automatikIn an automatic manner
Tamil தன்னியக்கமாக
- தன்னியக்கமாக (taṉṉiyakkamāka)In an automatic manner
Turkish otomatikman, otomatik olarak
- otomatikmanIn an automatic manner
- otomatik olarakIn an automatic manner
Ukrainian автомати́чно
- автомати́чно (avtomatýčno)In an automatic manner
Cite this entry
automatically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automatically
“automatically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automatically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “automatically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/automatically.
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