aeronautical

[ air-uh-naw-ti-kuh l, -not-i-kuh or air-uh-naw-tik, -not-ik ]

/ ˌɛər əˈnɔ tɪ kəl, -ˈnɒt ɪ kəl or ˌɛər əˈnɔ tɪk, -ˈnɒt ɪk /

of aeronautics or aeronauts.

Origin of aeronautical

aeronaut + -ical

aer·o·nau·ti·cal·ly, adverb

He took a prominent part in aeronautic experiments during his stay in France.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" |Various
Clutching its aeronautic thread, the minute creature mounts in an apotheosis.

The Life of the Spider |J. Henri Fabre
The aeronautic habit has engaged the attention of many arachnologists.

Spiders |Cecil Warburton
He tells nothing but lies; of the aeronautic Christ-child, and the jingling Ruprecht with his bells.

Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) |Thomas Carlyle

They were rising in the air smoothly and quietly, and moving slowly to the throb of the engine athwart the aeronautic park.

The War in the Air |Herbert George Wells

aeronautical

/ (ˌɛərəˈnɔːtɪkəl) /

of or relating to aeronauts or aeronautics

aeronautically, adverb