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- What is the purpose of using the word automagically when we already . . .
As per the origin, the dictionary reports it's 1940s, from the blend of automatically and magically The meaning of the word is different from the meaning of automatically, and the word is generally used in a specific context
- word choice - Automatically vs In an automated manner - English . . .
The difference between "automatically" and "in an automated manner" should then be clear The "manner" or the "tasks" correspond to the process, and thus are "automated" The "done tasks" are the result of the process, and their execution is "automatic", they are "done automatically"
- grammar - Is it correct to write is done fully automatically or is . . .
Google gives me support from 19,200 on "is done fully automatically" and 35,200 on "is done fully automatic"
- meaning - Automatedly vs. Automatically - English Language Usage . . .
I wouldn't say automatically; that particular word's definition is overloaded One might think that I came home and tended to my laundry without thought Instead I would like to describe this action being done by an automatic machine This particular word does not seem to have a bona fide definition anywhere
- word choice - populate vs. autopopulate - English Language Usage . . .
In technical writing, when describing how the software performs the action of completing a field on a screen, do you describe the field as being 'automatically populated' or just 'populated'? Does '
- meaning - Contract period; automatically renewed for another five-year . . .
My contract is valid for five years and may be automatically renewed for another five-year period at the expiration unless one party gives the other a six-month period notice Is it valid for 10 ye
- What is the origin of the phrase Top of the morning to you?
None of the characters in these examples show any sign of intentionally or accidentally slipping into Irish speech patterns in any other respect, which suggests that readers in the period from 1800 through 1835 did not assume that saying "the top of the morning to you" automatically marked the speaker as being Irish
- verbs - Word for an event automatically happening earlier than planned . . .
Word for 'an event automatically happening earlier than planned, caused by something else'? Ask Question Asked 5 years, 7 months ago Modified 5 years, 7 months ago
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