plastically

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UK/ˈplastɪkli/

adverb

In a plastic way; through moulding; flexibly.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English plastic →
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Meanings

adverbplastically (comparative more plastically, superlative most plastically)

comparative more plastically · superlative most plastically

  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.

    2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 85

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  3. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  5. Latinplasticus
  6. Englishplastic
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  10. Proto-Germanic*līką
  11. Englishplastically

From plastic + -ally.

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Translations

Finnish plastisesti
  • plastisestiin a plastic way
Cite this entry
APA

plastically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastically

MLA

“plastically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastically. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plastically,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plastically.

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