Slivery

//ˈslɪvəɹi// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or full of slivers.

    "Mimi, unfortunately, was not dressed to slide on the slivery surface of new-sawed pine. […] [H]er costume of pink silk and chiffon, not overly voluminous in the first place, mostly was impaled on slivers and left in her wake; […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points wordnet

Synonyms

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splinterysplintery

Example

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"Mimi, unfortunately, was not dressed to slide on the slivery surface of new-sawed pine. […] [H]er costume of pink silk and chiffon, not overly voluminous in the first place, mostly was impaled on slivers and left in her wake; […]"

Etymology

From sliver + -y.

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