slivery

7.7

Having many thin, sharp pieces like small bits of wood that can prick the skin

adjective
/ˈslɪvəri/

: afilado

The old barn had a slivery wooden floor that pricked anyone who walked barefoot.

Examples

She noticed a slivery shard sticking out of the table.
She avoided touching the slivery branches piled in the yard.
After hours of sanding, the door no longer felt rough and slivery.
The slivery pieces of wood scattered across the floor.
She avoided touching the slivery branches piled in the yard.
The old barn had a slivery wooden floor that pricked anyone who walked barefoot.
She noticed a slivery shard sticking out of the table.

Synonyms

flaky

vsslivery

14 3.2

Breaking into small thin pieces like dried paint or pastry

is made of thin narrow sharp fragments rather than flat pieces

splintery

vsslivery

1 6.0

Wood that breaks into small sharp pieces that can get stuck in your skin

is about thin narrow sharp fragments especially in wood

flakey

vsslivery

4.1

Something that breaks into thin, flat pieces, like old paint or pastry

is composed of thin narrow sharp fragments not layered flat pieces

Antonyms

thick

585 1.0

Having a large distance between two sides and often very dense

solid

325 1.0

Firm and hard so it keeps its shape, not liquid

How Splintery

slivery

7.7

rough

164 1.0

smooth

256 1.0

Surface Forms

slivery positive

Morphology

slivery = sliver (transparent) = sliver + y

Formed by the productive suffix '-y' on 'sliver', creating an adjective meaning 'having or resembling slivers', which is directly deducible.

Etymology

Slivery comes from sliver, which means 'a thin, sharp piece', like a small wood splinter. So slivery describes something made of or covered with thin, sharp pieces that can prick you.