autoˈmatical, a.
[f. as automatic a. + -ical.]
1. prop. Having reference to or connected with things automatic.
| 1665 Surv. Aff. Netherl. 178 Ships that (according to the Automatical proposal) could manage themselves. |
2. = automatic.
| 1586 Bright Melanch. xiii. 66 Automaticall instruments. 1788 Pasquin Childr. Thespis (1792) 159 Automatical, heavy, dull, sombrous, half crazy. 1830 Edin. Encycl. II. 66/2 Automatical rope-dancers or tumblers. |