pneu|mat´i|cal|ly

pneu|mat|ic «noo MAT ihk, nyoo-», adjective, noun.

–adj.

1. filled with air; containing air, especially air under pressure: »

a pneumatic tire.

2. worked by air, especially air under pressure: »

a pneumatic drill.

3. having to do with air and other gases.

4. containing or connected with air cavities, as the bones of birds or the swim bladder of fishes.

5. Theology. of or having to do with the spirit; spiritual.

6. Informal. having large breasts and a sexy or shapely figure; busty: »

The chorus girls were as lovely as ever, but decidedly less pneumatic than in earlier times.

–n.

a pneumatic tire.

╂[< Latin pneumaticus < Greek pneumatikós of (the nature of) wind, spirit < pneûma a wind; see etym. under pneuma (Cf. ↑pneuma)]

–pneu|mat´i|cal|ly, adverb.