autoˈnomically,adv. [f.prec. + -ly2.] In autonomic manner; by right of self-government. 1832Austin Jurispr. (1879) II. xxviii. 541 Laws made autonomically or by private authority.1863D. Simon Dorner's Pers. Christ ii. III. 314 So far as it [i.e. the sensuous principle] works autonomically.