pneumaticallyadv.
/njuːˈmatᵻkli/, /njᵿˈmatᵻkli/, U.S. /n(j)uˈmædək(ə)li/ rare before 20th cent.
By means of air; (in later use) spec. by means of compressed air. Also figurative.
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the world > matter > gas > air > [adverb] > relating to or acting by (compressed) air
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the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [adverb] > by means of compressed air
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a1634 R. Chapman Hallelu-jah (1635) 19 Pneumatically, with Trumpets, Shawmes, Cimbals, &c. when our breath is the bellowes.
c1700 D. G. Harangues Quack Doctors 15 Hypnotically..Pneumatically, or Synechdochically.
1800 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 90 216 I resolved it into these different principles, by distilling it pneumatically with nitric acid.
1896 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 25 81 The India-rubber bulbs and tubing for releasing the shutter pneumatically are useless.
1904 Daily Chron. 17 Sept. 5/5 The Welch patents for fastening a detachable outer case to the pneumatically-tyred rim of a wheel, thus rendering rapid roadside repairs possible, finished their thorny course yesterday.
1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 29 Four guns were installed, harmonized and fired pneumatically.
1975 D. O'Sullivan in D. Marcus Best Irish Short Stories (1977) II. 90 ‘It [sc. beer]'s blowing me out,’ said Anne pneumatically.
2003 Powder Technol. 135 150 These powders were fully dispersed and pneumatically transported in a spiral stainless steel pipe.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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