— pectorally , adv.
/pek"teuhr euhl/ , adj.
1. of, in, on, or pertaining to the chest or breast; thoracic.
2. worn on the breast or chest.
3. proceeding from the heart or inner consciousness.
4. Speech. (of a vocal quality) appearing to come from resonance in the chest; full or deep.
5. of or for diseases of the lungs.
n.
6. Anat. a pectoral part or organ, as a pectoral muscle.
7. See pectoral fin .
8. something worn on the breast for ornament, protection, etc., as a breastplate.
[ 1400-50; (n.) late ME pectorale, n. use of neut. of pectoralis of the breast ( pector-, s. of pectus breast + -alis -AL 1 ); (adj.) pectoralis ]