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  1. In an automatic manner; mechanically; unconsciously. He went on rowing idly, half automatically. George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, vi. 13. We know that a frequently repeated act of muscular skill finally comes to be done almost automatically and with little intervention of consciousness. Science, IV. 473.
  2. By automatic means; by its own action. An automatically working machine. Sci. Amer., N. S., LV. 55. Automatically keeping its temperature uniform. Jour. Franklin Inst., CXXI., Supp. 7.

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  • It would be a mistake to assume that the public expression of affection for automatically translates into a desire to accede to —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • You can also define words you commonly mistype as triggers which insert the correct word automatically, making it a DIY auto-correct utility. —  The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
  • For one thing, if Egypt opens the crossing while Hamas controls Gaza, it automatically translates into a new political reality, a de facto recognition of Hamas's legitimacy. —  Al-Ahram Weekly Online
  • In LA, we're told that thousands of layoffs are "inevitable," which automatically translates into increased class sizes for at-risk students. —  Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org
  • Investors simply understand how the capitalist system works and they respond -- "automatically" -- against the best interests of every life on the planet whose sustenance relies upon wages. —  Countercurrents.org
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