fingered

[ fing-gerd ]

/ ˈfɪŋ gərd /

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adjective

having fingers, especially of a specified kind or number (often used in combination): a five-fingered glove.

spoiled or marred by handling, as merchandise.

Zoology, Botany. digitate.

(of a musical score) marked to show which fingers should be used in playing the notes.

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Origin of fingered

First recorded in 1520–30; finger + -ed³

Words nearby fingered

finger, fingerboard, finger bowl, fingerbreadth, finger buffet, fingered, fingerflower, finger food, finger-fuck, finger gate, finger grass

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How to use fingered in a sentence

Storm Lever, as Anne Boleyn, Henry’s beguiling six-fingered second bride, wittily reminds the other women that she suffered far more than simply divorce and humiliation in “Don’t Lose Ur Head.”
‘Six’ an empowering musical remix of English history|Patrick Folliard|August 4, 2022|Washington Blade
It’s his empathy, his care, and concern for Mando, and his little three-fingered hand reaching out to gather the force to protect the ones he loves.
What Makes Baby Yoda So Lovable? - Facts So Romantic|Morgan K. Hoke & Douglas K. Smit|November 4, 2020|Nautilus
Trinh eventually fingered Wahlberg, and the cops arrested him.
Mark Wahlberg’s Pardon Plea: A Look Back At His Troubling, Violent, and Racist Rap Sheet|Marlow Stern|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was full of the sorts of people I used to be when I watched him on MuchMusic—bored, greasy-fingered teenagers.
Canada’s Subversive Sock Puppet: Ed the Sock Isn’t Afraid to Say Anything|Soraya Roberts|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST

His body was found after the Tsarnaev brothers were fingered as suspects in the bombings.
Web Sleuths Get It Wrong Again in Ferguson|Tim Mak|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The public fingered Monjack as a possible suspect after the widower opposed an autopsy—claims that he vehemently denied.
‘Clueless’: How the Greatest Clique of the ‘90s Transformed Into A Shakespearean Tragedy|Marlow Stern|May 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When they identified another man as a possible accomplice, she fingered Dekhar, who was arrested later than same October.
The Mad Shooter of Paris Is a ‘Natural Born Killer’|Christopher Dickey|November 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A look of passion came into the face of the watching boy, and again he fingered his revolver.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
Indeed, to turn over his concertos, and see how he has fingered them alone, is enough to make you dizzy.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
Johnny the Itch fingered away sweat that rolled down from under his fedora and nodded obediently.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
He fingered the gold cross upon his breast—she had given it to him two years before.
When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Wriggling slightly nearer, Hal fingered at the cords that bound Simm's wrists.
Uncle Sam's Boys as Lieutenants|H. Irving Hancock

British Dictionary definitions for fingered

fingered

/ (ˈfɪŋɡəd) /

adjective

marked or dirtied by handling

having a finger or fingers
(in combination)nine-fingered; red-fingered

(of a musical part) having numerals indicating the necessary fingering

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