Elastically

e·las·tic  (-lstk)

adj.

1.

a. Easily resuming original shape after being stretched or expanded; flexible. See Synonyms at flexible.

b. Springy; rebounding.

2. Physics Returning to or capable of returning to an initial form or state after deformation.

3. Quick to recover, as from disappointment: an elastic spirit.

4. Capable of adapting to change or a variety of circumstances.

n.

1.

a. A flexible stretchable fabric made with interwoven strands of rubber or an imitative synthetic fiber.

b. An object made of this fabric.

2. A rubber band.

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[New Latin elasticus, from Late Greek elastos, beaten, ductile, variant of Greek elatos, from elaunein, to beat out.]

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e·lasti·cal·ly adv.