Fingered
['fɪŋɡəd]
Definition
(adj.) having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination; 'the fingered roots of giant trees'; 'rosy-fingered'; 'three-fingered cartoon characters' .
Edited by Gertrude--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Finger
(a.) Having fingers.
(a.) Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.
(a.) Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. (Bot.) Digitate.
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Examples
- And again the woman anxiously and actively fingered the mattress and added up in her mind and bargained with the old, unclean man. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- He is a superb little fellow, especially in his caps, and most especially in the one you sent him, you good, dainty-fingered, persevering little lady! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- A still greater number must be called monstrosities, such as six-fingered men, porcupine men, Ancon sheep, Niata cattle, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- He felt of it from end to end, peered down the black depths of the muzzle, fingered the sights, the breech, the stock, and finally the trigger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
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