DIGITATELY

digitately

(adverb) in a digitate manner

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

digitately (not comparable)

In a digitate fashion.

Source: Wiktionary


DIGITATE

Dig"i*tate, v. t. Etym: [LL. digitatus, p. p. of digitare, fr. L. digitus. See Digit.]

Definition: To point out as with the finger. [R.] Robinson (Eudoxa).

Dig"i*tate, Dig"i*ta`ted, a. Etym: [L. digitatus having fingers.] (Bot.)

Definition: Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation.

– Dig"i*tate*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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