Meanings
adverbnonmechanically (not comparable)
- not comparableIn a nonmechanical fashion.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
- Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
- Latinmēchanicus
- Old Frenchmecanique
- Middle Englishmechanic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Middle Englishmechanical
- Englishmechanical
- Englishnonmechanical
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishnonmechanically
From nonmechanical + -ly.
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APA
nonmechanically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmechanically
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“nonmechanically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmechanically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonmechanically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonmechanically.
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