Finger-like

Translation of "finger-like" into Russian

Adjective

finger-like

more finger-like Comp.

most finger-like Super.

Used attributively and predicatively to mean ‘resembling a finger’; forms take periphrastic comparison

The cactus has finger-like branches.

У этого кактуса пальцеобразные ветви.

Additional translations

спец., ботан., биол.

Adverb

finger-like

Occasionally used adverbially in comparisons of manner (‘the smoke rose finger-like’)

пальцеобразно

Smoke curled finger-like into the night sky.

Дым пальцеобразно вился в ночное небо.

Additional translations

пальцевидно

спец., ботан., биол.

Adjective

Resembling or having the shape of a finger; long, narrow, and projecting.

The stalactites hung in finger-like columns from the cave ceiling.

Adverb

In a manner that resembles or suggests a finger, especially by being long, narrow, and projecting.

Steam drifted finger-like across the surface of the lake.