plastically


plas·tic

P0356500 (plăs′tĭk)adj.1. Capable of being shaped or formed: plastic material such as clay. See Synonyms at malleable.2. Relating to or dealing with shaping or modeling: the plastic art of sculpture.3. Having the qualities of sculpture; well-formed: "the astonishing plastic beauty of the chorus girls" (Frank Harris).4. Giving form or shape to a substance: the plastic forces that create and wear down a mountain range.5. Easily influenced; impressionable: "The plastic mind of the bank clerk had been ... distorted by what he had read" (Rudyard Kipling).6. Made of a plastic or plastics: a plastic garden hose.7. Physics Capable of undergoing continuous deformation without rupture or relaxation.8. Biology a. Capable of building tissue; formative.b. Able to change and adapt, especially by acquiring alternative pathways for sensory perception or motor skills. Used of the central nervous system.9. Marked by artificiality or superficiality: a plastic world of fad, hype, and sensation.10. Informal Of or obtained by means of credit cards: plastic money.n.1. Any of various organic compounds produced by polymerization, capable of being molded, extruded, cast into various shapes and films, or drawn into filaments used as textile fibers.2. Informal A credit card or credit cards: would accept cash or plastic in payment.
[Latin plasticus, from Greek plastikos, from plastos, molded, from plassein, to mold; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]
plas′ti·cal·ly adv.plas·tic′i·ty (-tĭs′ĭ-tē) n.
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Adv.1.plastically - in a plastic manner; "he used the clay plastically"