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Inelastic vs Inelastically - What's the difference?

inelastic | inelastically |

As an adjective inelastic

is inelastic.

As an adverb inelastically is

in an inelastic way.

inelastic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • lacking elasticity; inflexible, unyielding
  • * 1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance
  • He spoke languidly, and only those few words, like a watch with an inelastic spring, that just ticks a moment or two and stops again.
  • * 1913, Winston Churchill, The Inside Of The Cup
  • I cannot believe that Christ himself intended that his religion should be so inelastic , so hard and fast, so cruel as you imply.

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    inelastically

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In an inelastic way.