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mechanicalness|mɪˈkænɪkəlnɪs| [-ness.] The quality of being mechanical.
1611Cotgr., Mecaniquerie, Mechanicallnesse; basenesse of humor. 1691–8Norris Pract. Disc. (1711) III. 18 Men not perceiving the Mechanicalness of its operation, are apt to have recourse to some inherent Quality. 1874Contemp. Rev. XXV. 95 Science does not affirm..mechanicalness in Nature. 1900Conferences on Books & Men xiii. 229 The very mechanicalness of the routine seems to have soothed and numbed Cowper's too irritable sensibilities. |