1. resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points; - Example: "a rough splintery floor of old pine boards" [syn: splintery, slivery]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
slivery
adj 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" [syn:
splintery, slivery]