adverb
- In a manner resembling fingers or finger-like projections; with digits or digit-like parts arranged radially.
Usage: chiefly botanical and zoological
Examples
- The leaves are arranged digitately around the stem.
- The compound leaf is digitately divided into five leaflets.
- The organism's appendages extend digitately from the central body.
- The roots spread digitately into the soil.
- The flower petals are digitately lobed.