Meanings
- not comparableIn a programmatic manner.
- not comparableIn the manner of a political program; ideologically.
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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.
2001, Bart Moore-Gilbert, Hanif Kureishi, page 89 - not comparablecomputingThrough program code, rather than through a user interface.
To force a window to repaint itself programmatically, you call the inherited Invalidate() method[…]
2010, Andrew Troelsen, Pro C# 2010 and the .NET 4 Platform, page 15511 more example
Mark-up coding was programmatically added to identify certain data types from others, for example, headwords and citations.
2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 489
Origin
Translations
Esperanto programe
- programeprogramming: doing something by code
Finnish ohjelmallisesti
- ohjelmallisestiprogramming: doing something by code
German programmatisch
- programmatischprogramming: doing something by code
Portuguese programaticamente
- programaticamentein a programmatic manner
Turkish programlanarak, programlanmış şekilde
- programlanarakprogramming: doing something by code
- programlanmış şekildeprogramming: doing something by code
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programmatically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/programmatically
“programmatically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/programmatically. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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