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pneumatically

American  
[noo-mat-ik-lee] / nʊˈmæt ɪk li /

adverb

  1. by means of air or air pressure.

  2. in a way that relates to pneumatics.


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Another, called a McKibben actuator, is pneumatically driven and requires an air compressor to actuate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2023

How long has it been since Pentatonix, the wildly popular, pneumatically precise a cappella group, last released a holiday album?

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2016

The “hand down” protocol, put into practice in 1935, allowed journalists sitting in the courtroom when decisions were announced to dispatch copies of those opinions, pneumatically, to their colleagues downstairs in the pressroom.

From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2015

It runs pneumatically and on electric and these are all wearing out.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2013

His hands fell upon his knees, and he got to his feet pneumatically, shaking his head with foreboding.

From The Gentleman from Indiana by Booth Tarkington

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