Fingerwise
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In the manner of fingers from a hand; spreading out in several narrow parts. not-comparable
"In this way alone too, it seems to me, can one gain a clear and consistent idea of the valley itself as an organic whole, with the various lateral glens which open out fingerwise on every side of it as its component members."
Example
More examples"In this way alone too, it seems to me, can one gain a clear and consistent idea of the valley itself as an organic whole, with the various lateral glens which open out fingerwise on every side of it as its component members."
Etymology
From finger + -wise.
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