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/məˈkænɪkli/ · me·chan·ic·al·ly
adverb
- In a mechanical manner; performed without thought, feeling, or variation. She answered the interview questions mechanically, as if reciting a script.
- By rote or automatically, without conscious deliberation. The assembly line workers moved mechanically, each motion timed to the next.
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Did you know? The adverb ‘mechanically’ was famously used by Charles Dickens in 1859 to describe the unfeeling work of a clerk, highlighting the Victorian concern with dehumanizing labor.