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pneumatically

pneumatically adverb: in a pneumatic manner.

Adverb

pneumatically (not comparable)

  1. In a pneumatic manner.
  2. Using pneumatics.
    • Sand is applied pneumatically to all wheels by the operation of an electro-pneumatic valve at each driving position.1958 January, “New Diesel-Electric Locomotives for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 21

Origin of pneumatically

From pneumatic + -ally.

Questions about pneumatically

What does pneumatically mean?
Pneumatically means in a pneumatic manner.
What part of speech is pneumatically?
Pneumatically is an adverb.

Words near pneumatically in the dictionary

  1. pneumatic drills
  2. pneumatic post
  3. pneumatic trough
  4. pneumatic troughs
  5. pneumatical
  6. pneumatically
  7. pneumaticities
  8. pneumaticity
  9. pneumaticize
  10. pneumaticized
  11. pneumatick

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