Plastically

//ˈplastɪkli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a plastic way; through moulding; flexibly.

    "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."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a plastic manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From plastic + -ally.

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