mechanically

me·chan·i·cal·ly/məˈkænɪkli/adverb

mechanically is spelled M-E-C-H-A-N-I-C-A-L-L-Y: 12 letters and 5 syllables (me·chan·i·cal·ly). It appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adverb, mechanically means “From a mechanical point of view” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in mechanically?

Letters	12: M-E-C-H-A-N-I-C-A-L-L-Y
Syllables	5: me·chan·i·cal·ly
In writing	2.2 times per million words; the 18,297th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is mechanically?

Mechanically appears 2.2 times per million words in written English, the 18,297th most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce mechanically?

/məˈkænɪkli/

Mechanically has 5 syllables, split me·chan·i·cal·ly in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-mechanically.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of mechanically

more mechanically comparative
most mechanically superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does mechanically mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adverb

1
From a mechanical point of view.
mechanically speaking
2
In a mechanical manner, mindlessly, thoughtlessly, automatically, without thinking.