Automatically
Automatically adverb - In a mechanical manner; by a mechanism.
By itself and automatically are semantically related. In some cases you can use "By itself" instead an adverb "Automatically".
By itself
Automatically and by itself are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Automatically" instead an adverb phrase "By itself".
Both terms in one sentence
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When Sora defeats the Trickmaster at Wonderland, the keyblade pretty much just automatically locks the keyhole by itself, leaving Sora wondering what the heck just happened.
Source: Sequence Breaking - Remember, Tropes Are Tools: By itself a relationship that doesn't get painstakingly detailed development is not automatically bad, and like any other plot development, there are cases where it just needs to be done with and make place for more important things.
Source: Strangled by the Red String
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