splintery adj 1: subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces 2: 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}]
Splintery \Splin"ter*y\ (spl[i^]n"t[~e]r*[y^]), a. Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral. [1913 Webster]