What does spatulate mean?
Spatulate means Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity..
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/ˈspa.tjʊ.lət/ · adjective
Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity..
“I nearly fell into the error of supposing that you were typewriting. Of course, it is obvious that it is music. You observe the spatulate finger-ends, Watson, which is common to both professions?[…]”
For a moment he was sunk in thought, coiling (so it seemed) and uncoiling his long spatulate fingers.
Use spatulate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spatulate means Shaped like a spatula; having a rounded, flattened extremity..
Common synonyms include spatular, spatuloid, spatulous, simple.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“I nearly fell into the error of supposing that you were typewriting. Of course, it is obvious that it is music. You observe the spatulate finger-ends, Watson, which is common to both professions?[…]”
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