plastically

English

Etymology

From plastic +‎ -ally.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈplastɪkli/

Adverb

plastically (comparative more plastically, superlative most plastically)

  1. In a plastic way; through moulding; flexibly.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 85:
      They have been turned into parallel sausages, telling you that the whole outcrop of rock must have been extended – stretched plastically on some kind of tectonic rack.

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