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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɔːtəʊˌmæt.ɪk(.ə)li/, /ˈɔːtəˌmæt.ɪk(.ə)li/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪk(.ə)li/, [ˌɔː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk(.ə)li]
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌɑː.təˈmæt.ɪk(.ə)li/, [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk(.ə)li]
Audio (General American, cot–caught merger): (file)
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˌɑː.təˈmæt.ɪk(.ə)li/, [ˌɑː.ɾəˈmæɾ.ɪk(.ə)li]
- Hyphenation: au‧to‧mat‧ic‧al‧ly
Adverb
automatically (comparative more automatically, superlative most automatically)
- In an automatic manner.
- 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114:
- The mere existence of a dictionary of a certain variety of English does not automatically confer acceptance of that variety.
- 2024 March 29, Tami Luhby, “Social Security slashes amount of overpayments beneficiaries must pay back”, in CNN:
- The Social Security Administration announced Friday that it will no longer automatically withhold 100% of the overpayment amount from recipients’ monthly benefits. Instead, it will collect 10% – or $10, whichever is greater – to recover the overpayment.
Derived terms
Translations
In an automatic manner
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