Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fingerwise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fin-ger-wise
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In the manner of fingers from a hand; spreading out in several narrow parts.

Example Sentences

"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."
"The valleys make natural and not ill-graded highways from the prairie to the Wisconsin River, while the ranges of bluffs separating them appear like promontories running out fingerwise from the main plateau[…]"

Etymology

From finger + -wise.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: finger

Questions

What does fingerwise mean?: In the manner of fingers from a hand; spreading out in several narrow parts.
Where does fingerwise come from?: From finger + -wise.

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