Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pneumatically

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: pneu-mat-i-cal-ly
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a pneumatic manner.

adv

Using pneumatics.

Example Sentences

"Sand is applied pneumatically to all wheels by the operation of an electro-pneumatic valve at each driving position."

Etymology

Etymology tree English pneumatic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English pneumatically From pneumatic + -ally.

Questions

What does pneumatically mean?: In a pneumatic manner.
Where does pneumatically come from?: Etymology tree English pneumatic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English pneumatically From pneumatic + -ally.

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