No. 9,858 in Russian
автоматом
Automatically; by machine; without conscious effort.
In a sentence
Он сдал экзамен на пятёрки автоматом.
He passed the exam with top grades automatically.
In this sentence, "автоматом" means 'automatically' or 'without effort', implying the action occurred without additional required input.
После долгой практики он выполняет эти задачи как автоматом.
After extensive practice, he performs these tasks automatically.
Here, "автоматом" suggests performing tasks instinctively or quite naturally due to familiarity and repetition.
Охранник держал дверь под автоматом.
The guard kept the door under the machine gun.
In this context, "автоматом" refers to a machine gun, demonstrating a different usage of the word.
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