Mechanically can be categorized as an adverb.
Adverb |
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| mechanically - in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism; "this door opens mechanically" | ||
| mechanically - in a machinelike manner; without feeling; "he smiled mechanically" |
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| 1. | adv. | This door opens mechanically. | |
| 2. | adv. | He smiled mechanically. | |
| 3. | adv. | I drank glass after glass of the wine—not that I enjoyed its flavor any more, but mechanically, as it were, and with a sort of hope thereby to drown unpleasant reminders. | |
| 4. | adv. | You don't even know how to use a digital camera? How mechanically illiterate can you be? All you need to do is press the shutter. |
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| This door opens mechanically. |
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| He smiled mechanically. |
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| I drank glass after glass of the wine—not that I enjoyed its flavor any more, but mechanically, as it were, and with a sort of hope thereby to drown unpleasant reminders. | |
| You don't even know how to use a digital camera? How mechanically illiterate can you be? All you need to do is press the shutter. | |