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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmachinalement
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ma-shi-nal-mon
"Il a répondu machinalement à toutes les questions."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
In a manner characteristic of a machine or robot; mechanically, without emotion, thought, or spontaneity.
"She performed her daily duties robotically, lost in her own thoughts." - 2
By means of or with the assistance of a robot or automation technology.
"The delicate surgical procedure was executed robotically with pinpoint precision."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from 'robotic', formed from the noun 'robot' with the suffix '-ic' and the adverbial suffix '-ly'. The noun 'robot' was coined by Czech playwright Karel Čapek in his 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), originating from the Old Church Slavonic root 'rabota' meaning 'servitude' or 'forced labor', and evolved in the mid-20th century to describe mechanical, repetitive, or lacking emotion human behavior.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Robotically" is said worldwide
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machinalement
Transliteration: ma-shi-nal-mon
"Il a répondu machinalement à toutes les questions."
roboterhaft
Transliteration: ro-bo-ter-haft
"Er bewegte sich roboterhaft durch den Raum."
automaticamente
Transliteration: au-to-ma-ti-ca-men-te
"Ha firmato i documenti automaticamente."
robóticamente
Transliteration: ro-bö-ti-ka-men-te
"Repitió las palabras robóticamente sin entenderlas."
roboticamente
Transliteration: ho-bo-ti-ka-men-tchi
"Ela executou a tarefa roboticamente."
यांत्रिक रूप से
Transliteration: yantrik roop se
"उसने यांत्रिक रूप से अपना काम पूरा किया।"
机械地
Transliteration: jī xiè de
"她机械地完成了所有指令。"
기계적으로
Transliteration: gigyejeog-euro
"그는 기계적으로 질문에 답했다."
機械的に
Transliteration: kikaitekini
"彼女は機械的に作業をこなした。"
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