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.

Derived terms

• metaplastically

Translations

in a plastic way

Finnish: plastisesti