fingered

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They were quicker-fingered, and were willing to work cheaper than any other workpeople yet There were remnants of each of these human tides to be found as one looked about the mills.

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  1. adjective Having a finger or fingers, especially of a specific number, kind, or appearance. Often used in combination: four-fingered; rosy-fingered.

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  • When have I ever gotten us in trouble before Holding up his left three-fingered, one-thumbed hand as if to enumerate occasions, Li'l Bulb began to count off with his right index finger. —  F ;SF; - vol 098 issue 02 - February 2000
  • And the hands: six-fingered, each finger nailless, slightly spatulate at the tip, strangely jointed, and constantly in motion. —  FSFDec2003
  • Her hands were small and stubby-fingered, and music slipped through them like rain. —  Fantasy and Science Fiction - [Vol 111] - Issue 04-05 - October-November 2006
  • They were securing hard disks from spies or thieves, protecting certain sections of the family computer from sticky-fingered children, or rendering entire laptops and portables into a solid mess of powerfully-encrypted Sanskrit, so that no stranger could walk off with those accidental but highly personal life-histories that are stored in almost every PowerBook. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
  • Her blunt-fingered hand rested softly on the moist forehead. —  The Ship Who Sang
 

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