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Etymology

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plaster +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈplæstə(ɹ)li/, /ˈplɑːstə(ɹ)li/

Adjective

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plasterly (comparative more plasterly, superlative most plasterly)

  1. Resembling plaster of Paris.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The History of the University of Cambridge, since the Conquest, [London]: [[] Iohn Williams []], →OCLC:
      out of gypseous or plasterly ground

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for plasterly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)