Meaning

1 senses
  1. Resembling or full of slivers.

More definitions
  • resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points

Origin

From sliver + -y.

From sliver + -y.

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Forms

more slivery, most slivery
Comparativemore slivery Lesson
Superlativemost slivery Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points:splintery

Word family

1 related words
Relatedsliver

See also

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