PALMATELY

palmately

(adverb) in a palmate manner; “palmately cleft”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adverb

palmately (comparative more palmately, superlative most palmately)

In a palmate fashion.

Source: Wiktionary

Pal"mate*ly, adv.

Definition: In a palmate manner.

PALMATE

Pal"mate, n.

Definition: (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]

Pal"mate, Pal"ma*ted, a. Etym: [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.]

1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. Gray.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves. (b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition