fingery en · ADJ
Etymology
From finger + -y.
Meanings
-
Resembling fingers in shape.
They are swimming toward some kind of undersea plant (a sea anemone?), itself surrounded by watermelon-size amoeba shapes with long, fingery edges.
2007 July 15, Christopher Gray, “What the Future Looked Like Yesterday”, in New York Times:
- Requiring the use of fingers to climb.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more fingery | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most fingery | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |