— semiautomatically , adv.
/sem'ee aw'teuh mat"ik, sem'uy-/ , adj.
1. partly automatic.
2. (of a firearm) automatically ejecting the cartridge case of a fired shot and loading the next cartridge from the magazine but requiring a squeeze of the trigger to fire each individual shot.
n.
3. a self-loading rifle or other firearm.
[ 1890-95; SEMI- + AUTOMATIC ]