digitately
9.9
In a way like the fingers of a hand spreading from one point
- adverb
- /ˈdɪdʒɪtətli/
- Specialized
:
de manera digitada
- Some sea stars have arms that spread digitately from a central disc.
Examples
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The veins in the palm leaf branch digitately, resembling outstretched fingers.
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Look how the branches extend digitately from the tree!
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The leaves are arranged digitately at the top of the stem.
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The branches grew digitately from the trunk.
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Some sea stars have arms that spread digitately from a central disc.
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The veins in the palm leaf branch digitately, resembling outstretched fingers.
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Look how the branches extend digitately from the tree!
How Fingerlike
Surface Forms
digitately positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word digitately comes from the Latin word digitus, which means 'finger', and the same root is in digit and digital. So, something arranged digitately spreads 'like fingers' from a common point.