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Antonyms for automatic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : aw-tuh-mat-ik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɔ təˈmæt ɪk


Definition of automatic

Origin :
  • "self-acting, moving or acting on its own," 1812, from Greek automatos, used of the gates of Olympus and the tripods of Hephaestus (also "without apparent cause, by accident"), from autos "self" (see auto-) + matos "thinking, animated" (see automaton). Of involuntary animal or human actions, from 1748, first used in this sense by English physician and philosopher David Hartley (1705-1757). In reference to a type of firearm, from 1877; specifically of machinery that imitates human-directed action from 1940.
  • adj done or made by machine
  • adj done by habit
  • adj occurring as natural consequence
Example sentences :
  • Wheatstone was knighted in 1868, after his completion of the automatic telegraph.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • At last, with a shake of the head, we consented to get into the automatic carriage.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • Hilary's hand went to the butt of the automatic within his blouse.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • He stopped, whirled, automatic thrusting its blue nose forward.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • The automatic dropped from his hand, and he crimped up like a stuck grubworm.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • If there was—he shrugged his shoulders and loosened the automatic in his blouse.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • Hilary took a firmer grip on his automatic, nodded once to Grim.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • The automatic control of the Nomad can be used when necessary.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • Hence whatever is stiff, automatic, machine-like, excites a smile.
  • Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry
  • He took in the Captain's automatic, and the bayonets behind me, at a glance.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various

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