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fingerlike

fingerlike

3.7
Having a thin, long shape like a finger
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪŋɡərˌlaɪk/
translation icon : en forma de dedo
  • The artist created a sculpture with fingerlike shapes that seemed to reach out from the wall.
  • fingerlike projections

Examples

  • Without the robe, her breasts seemed even larger than they had under it; her nipples were fingerlike and brown.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • You could actually see gelatinous-type clouds of bacteria as they floated by and fingerlike structures that were hanging from the ceilings.

    Ghosts of the Abyss (2003)

  • See? "The last, long, fingerlike feathers at the ends of his wings."

    Fiction book (1999)

  • He nursed at one fingerlike breast.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Jimmy sneaked closer and saw the fingerlike outlines of the beds dug into the sandy bottom.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The cactus has long, fingerlike spines that help it conserve water.

  • Each fingerlike projection of the coral reef provides a home for various marine life.

Surface Forms

fingerlike positive

Morphology

fingerlike = finger (transparent) = finger + like

The adjective is formed from the noun 'finger' with the productive suffix '-like' meaning 'resembling', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word fingerlike comes from the common word finger and the ending -like, which means 'like' or 'similar to'. So fingerlike means 'shaped like a finger', a long thin part you can picture reaching out.