automatically

adverb

Definition of automaticallynext
as in haphazardly

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Recent Examples of automatically The connected App and Simulator experience allows players to automatically capture, analyze and review every practice session and round directly from their smartphone. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The good news is that receiving a warning does not automatically mean the spyware successfully broke into your device. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 This way, statistical confidence gets flagged earlier, so decisions don't wait on an arbitrary deadline, and underperforming variants get phased out automatically instead of running to completion for no reason. — Karan Sharma, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Material profiles, printer settings, wash cycles, and curing profiles all work together automatically. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 Additionally, Tesla will push out a software update that automatically lowers all the cars’ windows in the event of a collision. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026 Being physically dominant doesn’t automatically translate into being good at saving shots, of course, but bigger goalkeepers suddenly seem more vaunted. — Michael Cox, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 At the time, the program was hailed as the nation’s largest children’s development account program for higher education with more than five million children automatically enrolled. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The latter system can land the aircraft automatically if a pilot becomes unable to fly. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for automatically
  1. haphazardly
  2. impulsively
  3. recklessly
  4. impetuously
Adverb
  • Most of my clients are letting their employees haphazardly take advantage of these things as the individually see fit.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Her soft face in sleep, her loud banging of cabinets, her socks tossed haphazardly behind doors and under shelves.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of haphazardly
Adverb
  • Frankie impulsively breaks Taylor out of hospice care for one final night of fun and debauchery, but what promises to be a night of hedonism quickly becomes something much more complicated.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
  • After midnight may be becoming the new prime time for online shopping, especially for Gen Zers, who impulsively overspend during those hours more than any other age groups, a new survey showed.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
Definition of impulsively
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  • Witnesses said the Corvette was driving recklessly for more than an hour before the crash, including allegedly doing doughnuts.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • He was also found guilty in June of one count each of fleeing a pursuing peace officer’s motor vehicle while driving recklessly, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury and driving or taking a vehicle without consent.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of recklessly
Adverb
  • Moreover, Elliott does not act impetuously in its activism.
    — Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
Definition of impetuously

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“Automatically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/automatically. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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