automatically
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- 1In a way that happens by itself, without a person needing to control it.
Like a wind-up toy that keeps moving on its own once you start it.
The lights turn on automatically when you walk into the room.
The door closes automatically a few seconds after you open it.
Similarinstinctively, reflexively, mechanically, unconsciously
Oppositemanually, deliberately, consciously
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Origin
From the word "automatic" plus the ending "-ally."