| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.[Websters]
2. Being unfit or inept. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb butter-fingeredly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (butter-fingeredly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective butter-fingered.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BUTTER-FINGERED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
