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finger-like

Translations

finger-likeadjective
more finger-like
Comp.
most finger-like
Super.
Used attributively and predicatively to mean ‘resembling a finger’; forms take periphrastic comparison
digitiformeSurtout en contexte scientifique ou descriptif.
The stalactites hung in finger-like columns from the cave ceiling.
Les stalactites pendaient en colonnes digitiformes au plafond de la grotte.
Additional translations
en forme de doigt
Synonyms
digitate
finger-shaped
digitiform
digitated
fingered
fingerlike
finger-likeadverb
Occasionally used adverbially in comparisons of manner (‘the smoke rose finger-like’)
d'une manière digitiformeSurtout en contexte scientifique ou descriptif.
Steam drifted finger-like across the surface of the lake.
La vapeur dérivait d'une manière digitiforme à la surface du lac.
Additional translations
en forme de doigt

Definitions

finger-likeadjective
Resembling or having the shape of a finger; long, narrow, and projecting.
The stalactites hung in finger-like columns from the cave ceiling.
finger-likeadverb
In a manner that resembles or suggests a finger, especially by being long, narrow, and projecting.
Steam drifted finger-like across the surface of the lake.
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