Mechanically

Examples

• The operator had worked so mechanically that he had handled the news without the slightest knowledge of its significance. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We picture political institutions as mechanically constructed contrivances within which the nation's life is contained and compelled to approximate some abstract idea of justice or liberty. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Bell studied this closely, discussed it with Wheatstone, and decided that he would devote himself to the problems of reproducing sounds mechanically. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• A device for sealing together the inside part and bulb of an incandescent lamp mechanically. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Briggs seized it mechanically, gasped it down convulsively, moaned a little, and began to play with the chicken on her plate. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Gudrun shuddered as she mechanically followed his boat. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Puzzled by the sudden change in her tone, he mechanically gathered a handful of wood from the basket and tossed it on the fire. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He laid his hand upon the coffin, and mechanically adjusting the pall with which it was covered, motioned them onward. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• A point worth considering; and while revolving it, I mechanically dressed. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• There is a genuine increment of experience; not another item mechanically added on, but enrichment by a new quality. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• No,' replied the old lady, giving it to him mechanically. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I can remember the conversation that passed far more easily than the sketches that I mechanically looked over. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Mr. Winkle, being half asleep, obeyed the command mechanically, opened the door a little, and peeped out. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Mr. Rochester turned mechanically to _see_ what the commotion was: but as he _saw_ nothing, he returned and sighed. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He had acquired mechanically a great store of teacher's knowledge. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It is designed for taking observations of heavenly bodies and recording mechanically the parts of the astronomical triangle used in navigation and like work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Mechanically, he repeated the last word again,--_Death! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I was still on the same side of the way; now mechanically walking forward a few paces; now stopping again absently. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Something of the same kind is true of the introduction of mechanically automatic operations in industry. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• He followed mechanically to the end of the dock, and sat down on a chair. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• It is literally eccentric: it has been centered mechanically instead of vitally. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Nobody has yet invented a mechanically beneficent sovereign. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• When her grandfather was gone Eustacia went on her way mechanically; but her thoughts were no longer concerning her mother-in-law and Clym. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• No, said I, answering almost mechanically, in spite of my utmost efforts; not to-morrow. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Below the eight-inch magnets the dust is blown out of the particles mechanically, and they then go to the four-inch magnets for final cleansing and separation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The coherence will continue until the filings are mechanically shaken, when they will at once fall apart, as it were, insulation will be established, and the current will be broken. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Mechanically obedient, I rose and went. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I was about mechanically to obey him, without further remonstrance; but as he helped me into the carriage, he looked at my face. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And she approached mechanically to the altar. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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