1
: having fingers especially of a specified kind or number
—used in combination
stubby-fingered
five-fingered
2
: having projections or processes like fingers
the fingered roots of giant trees
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The ladies’ tiff, which even included ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, has since been deleted, but fast fingered followers managed to get a screenshot.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Your Hollywood star has one six-fingered hand.
—Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
Dexterous multi-fingered hands are extremely versatile and provide a generic way to perform multiple tasks in human-centric environments.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
In bariolage, open strings are alternated with fingered strings to create a flickering sound.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
Kim Kardashian is revealing her green-fingered side.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
However, by making use of their surroundings, such as pushing an item against a table or wall, simple grippers can perform skillful maneuvers usually thought achievable only by more complex, fragile and expensive, multi-fingered artificial hands.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2023
Dexterous multi-fingered hands can provide robots with the ability to flexibly perform a wide range of manipulation skills.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2019
First Husband said that about halfway through the ride Missus Johnson stood up and gripped her seat’s back cushion, full-fingered, making frown lines in the plastic.
—Natashia Deón, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
Your Hollywood star has one six-fingered hand.
—Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023
Dexterous multi-fingered hands are extremely versatile and provide a generic way to perform multiple tasks in human-centric environments.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2023
In bariolage, open strings are alternated with fingered strings to create a flickering sound.
—Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
Kim Kardashian is revealing her green-fingered side.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 9 Mar. 2023
However, by making use of their surroundings, such as pushing an item against a table or wall, simple grippers can perform skillful maneuvers usually thought achievable only by more complex, fragile and expensive, multi-fingered artificial hands.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Feb. 2023
Dexterous multi-fingered hands can provide robots with the ability to flexibly perform a wide range of manipulation skills.
—IEEE Spectrum, 27 Sep. 2019
First Husband said that about halfway through the ride Missus Johnson stood up and gripped her seat’s back cushion, full-fingered, making frown lines in the plastic.
—Natashia Deón, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
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