Definitions
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- adverb In the manner of
fingers from ahand ; spreading out in several narrow parts.
Etymologies
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Examples
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-- The learner should, before entering the industrial world, be taught to be manually adept, or fingerwise, to have such control over his trained muscles that they will respond quickly and accurately to orders.
The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste Lillian Moller Gilbreth 1925
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The length of training required depends largely on how fingerwise the apprentice is.
The Psychology of Management The Function of the Mind in Determining, Teaching and Installing Methods of Least Waste Lillian Moller Gilbreth 1925
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That is to say, from eyebrow to eyebrow, as illustrated fingerwise.
Somehow Good William Frend De Morgan 1878
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