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Definition of Automatonlike
1. Adjective. Resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine. "Machinelike efficiency"
Similar to: Mechanical
Derivative terms: Automatize, Automaton
Definition of Automatonlike
1. Adjective. Like an automaton; robotic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Automatonlike
Literary usage of Automatonlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon i.e. Alexandre Le'on Valle'e, Léon Vallée, Alois Leonhard Brandl (1899)
"said the lady ; and in went Mr. Pickwick's head with automatonlike rapidity. "
I never met with anything so awful as this," — thought poor Mr. Pickwick, ..."
2. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl, Donald Grant Mitchell (1899)
"said the lady ; and in went Mr. Pickwick's head with automatonlike rapidity. "
I never met with anything so awful as this," — thought poor Mr. Pickwick, ..."
3. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell, Nathan Haskell Dole, Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor (1898)
"said the lady ; and in went Mr. Pickwick's head with automatonlike rapidity. "
I never met with anything so awful as this," — thought poor Mr. Pickwick, ..."
4. On Blendings of Synonymous Or Cognate Expressions in English: A Contribution by Gustaf Adolf Bergström (1906)
"Rev. of Rev., 15/7 1897, 54b: They are still sufficiently drilled into automatonlike
procedure and rigid obedience as occasionally to produce a comical ..."
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