aerodynamically

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adverb

In an aerodynamic manner, in a manner which reduces drag.

“Aerodynamically, your ideas will never get off the ground.”

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Meanings

adverbaerodynamically (comparative more aerodynamically, superlative most aerodynamically)

comparative more aerodynamically · superlative most aerodynamically

  1. In an aerodynamic manner, in a manner which reduces drag.
  2. From the perspective of aerodynamics.

    Aerodynamically, your ideas will never get off the ground.

    1 more example

    Additionally, Saturday was when we would trek to Cherry Hill at the edges of Garfield and Lodi to fly our free-flight models. If the planes were not aerodynamically correct, they would crash.

    1992 June 21, “The Breadboard Ornithopter”, in The New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  4. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  5. Ancient Greekἀέρος (aéros)
  6. Englishaero-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  9. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  10. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  11. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  12. Frenchdynamique
  13. Englishdynamic
  14. Englishaerodynamic
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  18. Proto-Germanic*līką
  19. Englishaerodynamically

From aerodynamic + -ally.

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Translations

Czech aerodynamicky
  • aerodynamickyIn an aerodynamic manner
Finnish aerodynaamisesti
  • aerodynaamisestiIn an aerodynamic manner
Italian aerodinamicamente
  • aerodinamicamenteIn an aerodynamic manner
Polish aerodynamicznie
  • aerodynamicznieIn an aerodynamic manner
Portuguese aerodinamicamente
  • aerodinamicamenteIn an aerodynamic manner
Cite this entry
APA

aerodynamically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerodynamically

MLA

“aerodynamically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerodynamically. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aerodynamically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aerodynamically.

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