: having fingers especially of a specified kind or number—used in combination
stubby-fingeredfive-fingered
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: having projections or processes like fingers
the fingered roots of giant trees
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebFirst Husband said that about halfway through the ride Missus Johnson stood up and gripped her seat’s back cushion, full-fingered, making frown lines in the plastic. Natashia Deón, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021 Others cheered them on, giving a three-fingered salute that has been the pro-democracy movement’s symbol of resistance.Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2020 Common examples include overly fingered hands, featureless faces and people with mouths for eyes.Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2020 Doughty set a new career-high, celebrating eight 3-pointers with his signature three-fingered salute.al, 7 Mar. 2020 Jews popularized the fingered citron throughout the Mediterranean. Rafil Kroll-zaidi, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019 Raccoons, with their five-fingered paws and scrappy brand of moxie, are in a league of their own. Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 9 July 2018 There are bowls large enough to blow wimpy centerpieces out of the water—or off the table—and ewers too tiny even for the four-fingered hand of Mickey Mouse. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 3 July 2018 This new seven-fingered robotic hand developed by Cambridge Consultants can adjust its grip on the fly to pick up all kinds of strange objects. Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 23 Oct. 2015 See More