This time he responded to my hug, but in an automatic and absent-minded way.

The programmed, automatic way of everything was the best.

There is no automatic way to copy any given object in Java.

This process is not a conscious one, but an automatic way of understanding what is said.

They said that now it is simply an automatic way for them to acknowledge the arrival of winter.

Finishing our meal in an automatic way, we repaired to the living room.

He turned toward the door to the library, Phillips dazedly following in a kind of automatic way.

She rose, smiling at him in an automatic way, a smile devoid of feeling.

On the other hand, they are much worse at using their knowledge to act in a swift, efficient and automatic way.

In a soft, automatic way he had become spokesman.