[gym.nas.tic] adj (1574): of or relating to gymnastics: athletic -- gym.nas.ti.cal.ly adv
[2]gymnastic n (1652) 1 pl but sing in constr a: physical exercises designed to develop strength and coordination b: a competitive sport in which individuals perform optional and prescribed acrobatic feats mostly on special apparatus in order to demonstrate strength, balance, and body control
2: an exercise in intellectual or artistic dexterity "my earlier philosophic study had been an intellectual ~ --John Dewey" "mental ~s"
3: a physical feat or contortion "the ~s necessary for the killer to have swung from the fire escape --E. D. Radin"