Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
in a mechanical manner;
by a mechanism;
- Example: "this door opens mechanically"[syn: mechanically, automatically]
2. in a machinelike manner; without feeling;
- Example: "he smiled mechanically"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mechanically \Me*chan"ic*al*ly\, adv.
In a mechanical manner.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mechanically
adv 1: in a mechanical manner; by a mechanism; "this door opens
mechanically" [syn: mechanically, automatically]
2: in a machinelike manner; without feeling; "he smiled
mechanically"