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
The cactus has finger-like branches.
У этого кактуса пальцеобразные ветви.
Additional translations
пальцевидныйспец., ботан., биол.
finger-likeadverb
Occasionally used adverbially in comparisons of manner (‘the smoke rose finger-like’)
Smoke curled finger-like into the night sky.
Дым пальцеобразно вился в ночное небо.
Additional translations
пальцевидноспец., ботан., биол.

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.