Digitately

/dɪdʒɪteɪtli/ adverb

Definition

In a manner that is finger-like or divided into finger-like projections.

Etymology

From 'digitate' plus '-ly,' forming an adverb. Describes how something is arranged or shaped like fingers.

Kelly Says

Biologists might write that a plant is 'digitately divided' into five lobes—using an adverb to describe the precise way nature arranged something like a spread hand.

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