slivery

1. 1.

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

   “a rough splintery floor of old pine boards”

   Synonymssplintery

Questions about slivery

What does slivery mean?

slivery means "resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points".

How many syllables are in slivery?

slivery has 3 syllables: sli-ve-ry. The stress falls on "sli".

What is another word for slivery?

Close synonyms include splintery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is slivery a common word?

slivery is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.