slivery
/ˈslɪvəɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resembling or full of slivers.
Example Sentences
- "Mimi, unfortunately, was not dressed to slide on the slivery surface of new-sawed pine. […] [H]er costume of pink silk and chiffon, not overly voluminous in the first place, mostly was impaled on slivers and left in her wake; […]"
- "As a final touch she made some slivery little brown-and-white-bread sandwiches to go with the Newburg, just for style."
- "A common defect in copper wire is that of slivers. These may be caused by improperly cast wire bars and/or by improper hot rolling. Horizontally cast wire bars having cold shuts, rough edges and bad sets, will make slivery rod and wire."
Etymology
From sliver + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more slivery (comparative)
most slivery (superlative)