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splintery
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splintery, a.
Consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral. [1913 Webster]
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splintery
Brittleness
N brittleness, fragility, friability, frangibility, fissibility, house of cards, house of glass, brittle, brash, breakable, weak, frangible, fragile, frail, gimcrack, shivery, fissile, splitting, lacerable, splintery, crisp, crimp, short, brittle as glass.For further exploring for "splintery" in Webster Dictionary Online