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Mechanically


MECHAN'ICALLY, adverb According to the laws of mechanism, or good workmanship.

1. By physical force or power.

2. By the laws of motion, without intelligence or design, or by the force of habit. We say, a man arrives to such perfection in playing on an instrument, that his fingers move mechanically

Mechanically turned or inclined, naturally or habitually disposed to use mechanical arts.