Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a plastic manner; by molding or modeling, as a plastic substance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a plastic manner.
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- adverb In a
plastic way; throughmoulding ;flexibly .
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- adverb in a plastic manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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This then plastically deforms the rock which might then get moved into the stellar facing ocean of molten rock to be remelted and vaporized.
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How about an old grumpy man with a rich, plastically-enhanced wife with million dollar mensions?
McCain's New Campaign Boss Begins Tightening Grip On Operation 2009
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Filippo Marinetti, the war-loving Italian poet who wrote of Mussolini: "Futurist eloquence, well masticated by teeth of steel, plastically sculpted by his intelligent hand that shaves off the useless clay of hostile opinions"?
Mussolini Over Miami 2008
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The tectonic forces plastically deformed the clays and mudstones, but the sandstones and conglomerates broke into semi-regularly shaped pieces that Osmanagic and his team have excavated in numerous places, interpreting them as “pavements,” “terraces,” “concrete blocks,” “foundation stones,”
Archive 2006-09-01 Christopher O'Brien 2006
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The tectonic forces plastically deformed the clays and mudstones, but the sandstones and conglomerates broke into semi-regularly shaped pieces that Osmanagic and his team have excavated in numerous places, interpreting them as “pavements,” “terraces,” “concrete blocks,” “foundation stones,”
New Information on the Bosnian Pyramids Christopher O'Brien 2006
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They show the brain adapts by plastically dedicating some "brain structure" for the control of the robot arm.
Archive 2005-05-01 Pedro Beltrao 2005
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They show the brain adapts by plastically dedicating some "brain structure" for the control of the robot arm.
Public Rambling Pedro Beltrao 2005
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Duromers are chemically hardened plastics, which cannot be plastically deformed, the processing must therefore be performed through machining.
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Even the hardest bitumen qualities must be regarded as fluids, which can be plastically deformed and can therefore give with movements.
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Three Lock-Horne hostesses sat on stools behind a tall counter, smiling plastically.
Drop Shot Coben, Harlan, 1962- 1996
super-clarice commented on the word plastically
A heavy sea-green silk dress plastically encloses her divine form, leaving the bust and arms bare
May 27, 2009