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FINGERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fingered mean?
• FINGERED (adjective)
The adjective FINGERED has 1 sense:
1. having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination
Familiarity information: FINGERED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination
Context example:
three-fingered cartoon characters
Similar:
digitate; fingerlike (resembling a finger)
Antonym:
fingerless (not having or having lost fingers)
Context examples
It is a creature walking erect upon three-toed feet, and occasionally putting one of its five-fingered forepaws upon the ground.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The filthy beasts fingered me all over, and I feel as if I should never be clean again.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
All five were sitting up, balancing themselves upon their broad, powerful tails and their huge three-toed hind-feet, while with their small five-fingered front-feet they pulled down the branches upon which they browsed.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"But what do you make of this?" cried Professor Summerlee, triumphantly, pointing to what looked like the huge print of a five-fingered human hand appearing among the three-toed marks.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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