mechanically

English

Etymology

From mechanical +‎ -ly.

Adverb

mechanically (comparative more mechanically, superlative most mechanically)

1. In a mechanical manner.
   • 1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC:

     My fears, however, made me mechanically close my thighs; but the very touch of his hand insinuated between them, disclosed them and opened a way for the main attack.

Derived terms

• cytomechanically
• nanomechanically

Translations

In a mechanical manner

• Catalan: mecànicament (ca)
• Esperanto: mekanike
• Finnish: mekaanisesti (fi), koneellisesti
• French: machinalement (fr)
• Galician: mecanicamente, maquinalmente
• Georgian: მექანიკურად (mekaniḳurad)
• German: mechanisch (de)
• Hebrew: באופן מכני
• Hungarian: mechanikusan
• Italian: meccanicamente (it), macchinalmente (it)
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• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latvian: mehānisks m
• Portuguese: mecanicamente
• Russian: механически (ru) (mexaničeski)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: механички

  Roman: mehanički (sh)

• Spanish: mecánicamente (es), maquinalmente (es)