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fingerlike

fingerlike adjective: resembling a finger, especially in shape.

Adjective

fingerlike (comparative more fingerlike, superlative most fingerlike)

  1. Resembling a finger, especially in shape.
    • From large and round to egg-shaped, to small and thin and even fingerlike, eggplants have been catching on in Toronto kitchens.2009 January 14, Habeeb Salloum, “The rise of the eggplant”, in Toronto Star
    Synonyms:
    fingery, digitiform

Synonyms of fingerlike

Forms of fingerlike

comparativemore fingerlike
superlativemost fingerlike

Origin of fingerlike

From finger + -like.

Questions about fingerlike

What does fingerlike mean?
Fingerlike means resembling a finger, especially in shape.
What part of speech is fingerlike?
Fingerlike is an adjective.

Words near fingerlike in the dictionary

  1. fingerite
  2. fingerless
  3. fingerlessness
  4. fingerlet
  5. fingerlets
  6. fingerlike
  7. fingerling
  8. fingerlings
  9. fingerman
  10. Fingermans
  11. fingermark

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