automatically

[ aw-tuh-mat-ik-lee ]

adverb

1. without volition or from force of habit; mechanically:

   Whenever I hear that song, I automatically think of my dad.

2. by a device or process requiring no human intervention:

   The switch can be operated automatically or manually.

3. in a manner independent of a decision or action:

   Your membership will be renewed automatically.

4. (of a firearm) repeatedly for as long as the trigger is pulled:

   a rifle that fires automatically.

Word History and Origins

Origin of automatically¹

First recorded in 1710–15; automatic ( def ) + -ly ( def )

Example Sentences

It was significant enough for the stability control system to automatically intervene.

From Popular-Science

After every implementation and campaign, the tool learns automatically and shows scopes for improvement for future campaigns.

From Search Engine Watch

You have to bet from this dynamic pot, and only from this pot — you cannot add anything else to it other than your winnings, which automatically go back into the pot.

From Quanta Magazine

Nextdoor’s neighborhood moderators are often selected by invitations from other leads, and the first person to “found” their community’s digital presence on the platform can automatically become a lead.

From Vox

AI and advertising seems to be the way paid search is moving to improve efficiencies automatically.

From Search Engine Land

Although Southern did not automatically equal neo-Confederate, at times the distinction could easily get lost.

From The Daily Beast

Even if they managed two or three days of hearings for Lynch, the calendar automatically goes into the following week.

From The Daily Beast

Tickets will be free, but anyone who has ever denied anthropogenic climate change will be automatically denied a boarding pass.

From The Daily Beast

But does simply announcing one has a story automatically legitimize its telling?

From The Daily Beast

As the Hooters press kit shows, an appreciation for breasts does not automatically translate to an appreciation of women.

From The Daily Beast

Hence, at the end of the war, the provision for redemption of Bank of England notes will work automatically.

From Project Gutenberg

Tom sat for a long time before the open window in a state of half stupor, staring at the pictures his mind offered automatically.

From Project Gutenberg

Directly any one of these be touched, the suitable bass mechanism is automatically thrown out of action.

From Project Gutenberg

You mean his Subtle Body, as you call it, might issue forth automatically in deep sleep and seek the object of its desire?

From Project Gutenberg

Automatically, as a result of habit, she unlocked her jewel-case and took out a tiny phial containing minute cachets.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• commonly
• faithfully
• frequently
• repeatedly
• routinely
• systematically
• usually