A lilac style used in an adaptable way (11)

I believe the answer is:

elastically

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'in an adaptable way' is the definition.
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'a lilac style used' is the wordplay.
'used' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'lilac'+'style'='alilacstyle'
'alilacstyle' anagrammed gives 'ELASTICALLY'.

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