Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
in a reflex manner;
- Example: "he answered automatically"2.
in a mechanical manner;
by a mechanism;
- Example: "this door opens mechanically"[syn: mechanically, automatically]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Automatically \Au`to*mat"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In an automatic manner.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
automatically
adv 1: in a reflex manner; "he answered automatically"
2: in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism; "this door opens
mechanically" [syn: mechanically, automatically]