fingered

American  

[fing-gerd] / ˈfɪŋ gərd /

adjective

1. having fingers, especially of a specified kind or number (often used in combination).

   a five-fingered glove.

2. spoiled or marred by handling, as merchandise.

3. Zoology, Botany. digitate.

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

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fingered British  

/ ˈfɪŋɡəd /

adjective

1. marked or dirtied by handling

2. 1. having a finger or fingers

   2. ( in combination )

      nine-fingered

      red-fingered

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

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Etymology

Origin of fingered

First recorded in 1520–30; finger + -ed ³

Example Sentences

They were long and slim fingered, like two pale, deadly spiders crawling toward her.

From Literature

Speculation has fingered everyone from political insiders to drug traffickers as the ones behind Colosio’s assassination, which contributed to a sense of upheaval in Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times

And it fingered Diana Teran, its own constitutional policing advisor, as the source of the leak, even though Teran was the one who’d initially reported it and denied passing along the information.

From Los Angeles Times

They attacked France as a liar who had fingered Leasure to save himself.

From Los Angeles Times

She blinked through her specs and fingered her last whisker in thought.

From Literature