Meanings
adverbmetaplastically (not comparable)
- not comparableIn a metaplastic manner
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*me
- Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
- Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
- Englishmeta-
- Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
- Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
- Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
- Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
- Latinplasticus
- Englishplastic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishplastically
- Englishmetaplastically
From meta- + plastically.
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metaplastically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metaplastically
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