Automatic and Obligatory

Automatic

Automatic adjective - Done instantly and without conscious thought or decision.

Obligatory and automatic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Obligatory" instead an adjective "Automatic".

Obligatory

Obligatory adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

Automatic and obligatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Automatic" instead an adjective "Obligatory".

Nearby Words: obligation, obliging, obligate, obligatorily, obligating

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Neuromancer There are also the obligatory references to the Third World War, which was first hinted at in "Burning Chrome" and "Johnny Mnemonic".note  Automatic Jack supposedly lost his arm in the war, and Jones the Dolphin was developed by the Navy to detect Russian mines.
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