mechanically
adv. manneradv. doing something like a machine, without thinking or feeling. You use this when someone does a task automatically because they have done it so many times before.
adv. in a manner that is automatic or routine, showing a lack of conscious thought, emotion, or spontaneity. Often describes physical actions performed through habit or repetitive training.
He nodded mechanically while he thought about something else.
After twenty years on the assembly line, she performed the complex series of movements mechanically.
The pianist played the difficult passage mechanically, hitting every note with technical precision but failing to convey the underlying emotional depth of the composition.
From mechanical + -ly.
Typically follows the verb it modifies to describe the style of an action.