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Meanings of purely mechanical in English

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Usage of purely mechanical in English
1
They had to use some purely mechanical method of hoisting it in.
The Black Star Passes
2
A disease of robotism, of purely mechanical living, spread throughout the population.
Star Maker
3
Frost is actually our first operator that has a purely mechanical gadget.
Wired
4
But the problems of democracy cannot be solved by purely mechanical means.
Problems in American Democracy
5
To change all names etc., a purely mechanical task, I easily achieved.
On Nothing & Kindred Subjects
6
Printing is not now and never will be a purely mechanical trade.
Punctuation / A Primer of Information about the Marks of Punctua...
7
Such work was purely mechanical; it required skill, but no intelligence.
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
8
The purely mechanical work of the mill does not satisfy them.
The Woman Who Toils / Being the Experiences of Two Gentlewomen a...
9
Just the purely mechanical act of feeding them in one at a time.
Death angel
10
The actions constituting the cycle must not be purely mechanical, i.e.
The Analysis of Mind
11
The purely mechanical duties of the post, too, appear to have troubled him.
English Men of Letters: Coleridge
12
Here as already stated, the means for atomization are purely mechanical.
Steam, Its Generation and Use
13
He was a very poor poet and a purely mechanical versifier.
Among My Books. First Series
14
He himself was engaged on this necessary though purely mechanical task of revision.
Jaffery
15
It was a purely mechanical effect, because she was neither surprised nor puzzled.
Victory: An Island Tale
16
It was a purely mechanical work, during which she usually prayed.
The Lerouge Case
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Purely mechanical through the time
Purely mechanical across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common