Associations to the word «Splintery»

Wiktionary

SPLINTERY, adjective. Having many splinters.
SPLINTERY, adjective. Given to splintering.

Dictionary definition

SPLINTERY, adjective. Subject to breaking into sharp slender pieces.
SPLINTERY, adjective. Resembling or consisting of or embedded with long slender fragments of (especially) wood having sharp points; "a rough splintery floor of old pine boards".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King