Definition of "spatulate" [spat•u•late]

• Shaped like a spatula. (adjective)

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• "Curved on top, perfectly spatulate nails (a sign of intuitive insight), a healthy shell pink, crowning long, slender pianist fingers."
• " He noticed for the millionth time that her fingertips were slightly spatulate, as if her body needed to touch more, feel more than other people."
• "Her hands are spatulate and flat-nailed, pale, like the rest of her."