As in, "He did the dishes robotically," meaning 'robot-like." I really wanted to use it in this paper I'm writing and MS Word says it isn't a word!
2007-09-22 17:03:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
MS Word doesn't know everything. It's a perfectly good word, so add it to your dictionary. If it's good enough for the Mayo Clinic (see the link below), it's good enough for me! :-)
2007-09-22 18:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Robotically isn't a word because it derives form the word robot. It would be like saying "He was very robotical". You are probably trying to think of the word automatically. However, i wouldn't doubt ROBOTICALLY will end up in the dictionary.
2007-09-23 00:25:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Robotically" is a perfectly good word! Don't depend on MS Word!
To prove it, just type in a few sentences from Shakespeare and see how many "errors" MS Word finds! LOL!
2007-09-23 00:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps since robots started popping up just last century, and Webster dictionaries haven't really thought about it. Robots are relatively new you know. The word that's usually used instead of ROBOTICALLY is MECHANICALLY, since besides the programming, robots are almost completely mechanical.
2007-09-23 00:08:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
MSWord does not recognize the word "robotically" because you are attempting to change a noun (robot) and use it as a verb (robotically). You would have to say, "...washing the dishes in a robot-like manner..." to be gramatically correct.
2007-09-23 00:43:53 · answer #5 · answered by Tibbar 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's a word. you must have misspelled it or MS word does not know the word
2007-09-26 21:04:07 · answer #6 · answered by R.C. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because robot is a noun , and it would be like saying "truckily" or "typewriterly". ( but, I'm like you, I would think it's a word. ) Perhaps MSWord is wrong !
2007-09-23 00:10:07 · answer #7 · answered by Scorpius59 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
roboticly is the correct spelling and its now a word ^_^
2007-09-23 00:08:25 · answer #8 · answered by Light 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess the same reason that something isn't romantical.
2007-09-23 00:07:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
...but it IS a word!
2007-09-23 00:07:26 · answer #10 · answered by Mrs. DiCaprio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋