Automatically
Automatically adverb - In a mechanical manner; by a mechanism.
Vaguely and automatically are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vaguely" instead an adverb "Automatically".
Vaguely
Vaguely adverb - In a vague way.
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Automatically and vaguely are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Automatically" instead an adverb "Vaguely".
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- Both Marvel villains and Iron Man used Hypno Ray technology consisting of swirling spiral patterns and some vaguely defined energy to automatically hypnotize the target.
- A variation is where vaguely famous names appear in the credits, so you can guess automatically that they're going to be fairly prominent in the episode before they even show up.
Source: Spoiler Opening - This trope is when a minority character is automatically assumed to be from the country of their ethnic origin (or someplace vaguely close to it), even though their accent, dress, and all other mannerisms reflect the country they call home, which makes sense because they were born and raised there.
Source: Mistaken for Foreigner
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