1. In a manner resembling or characteristic of a club; with a club-like shape or form.
Usage: botanical and zoological term; formal/technical

Examples

• The organism's appendages were clavately shaped, thickening toward the tip.
• The antennae extended clavately from the insect's head.
• The fungal structure grew clavately, resembling a miniature club.
• The plant's stamens were arranged clavately in the flower.
• The specimen's tentacles tapered clavately at their ends.