SLIVERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does slivery mean? 

• SLIVERY (adjective)
  The adjective SLIVERY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SLIVERY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLIVERY (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

slivery; splintery

Context example:

a rough splintery floor of old pine boards

Pertainym:

sliver (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)

Derivation:

sliver (a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something)

sliver (a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal)