programmatically
- adverb
- /ˌproʊɡrəˈmætɪkli/
- Formal
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programáticamente
- The new policy was implemented programmatically to ensure efficiency and consistency in operations.
Examples
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He often knows what legislation he wants enacted, but programmatically he wants few changes in U.S. society.
Academic text (1992) -
The committee probably should have used the term programmatic (or some similar term) in lieu of the word responsible, because what it was primarily interested in doing was finding a way to make American political parties behave more programmatically.
Academic text (1992) -
I do not mind if it's all done programmatically.
Blog text (17) -
As a result of these twists and turns, nearly every major political group in India has committed itself programmatically to market reforms.
Academic text (1997) -
And so we took clues from the AT Clark Center, which had been quite successful and both programmatically and architecturally.
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Although sharply divided ideological parties have not been the norm in American politics, the parties can and do act programmatically under some circumstances.
Academic text (1992) -
In some ways, these developments have reinforced the parties' pragmatic tendencies rather than encouraged them to behave more programmatically.
Academic text (1992) -
Associations must forge common ground both organizationally and programmatically around a series of civic demands, including guarantees for political freedoms, institutional safeguards for individual rights, and effective participatory structures and processes.
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They approached the project programmatically, creating a detailed timeline and specific goals for each phase.
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The organization intends to address the issues programmatically by developing a strategic plan that outlines clear actions.
Synonyms
75
3.9
To do something in a planned, regular way
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4.0
In an organized step by step way
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5.3
Following a set of steps or rules to do something
Antonyms
How Systematic
Surface Forms
Morphology
programmatically = programmatic (transparent) = program + matic + ally
The adverb is formed regularly from 'programmatic' and denotes doing something in a planned or systematic (program-like) way.
Etymology
Programmatically comes from program, which originally meant a written 'plan' or 'schedule'. That's why doing something programmatically can mean doing it in a planned, organized way as part of a program or policy.