Shattery

Shattery
Shattery Shat"ter*y, a. Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar. [1913 Webster]

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  • shattery — ˈshad.ərē, atərē, ri adjective : easily shattered …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Shivery — Shiv er*y, a. 1. Tremulous; shivering. Mallet. [1913 Webster] 2. Easily broken; brittle; shattery. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • breakable — Synonyms and related words: brittle, brittle as glass, cheap jack, cobwebby, crackable, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crushable, dainty, delicate, delicately weak, effeminate, fissile, flimsy, fracturable, fragile, frail, frangible, friable, gimcrack,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • brittle — Synonyms and related words: atrophied, breakable, brittle as glass, capricious, changeable, cheap jack, cobwebby, corruptible, crackable, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crump, crushable, dainty, deciduous, delicate, delicately weak, desiccated, dried up …   Moby Thesaurus

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  • dainty — Synonyms and related words: acute, agreeable, airy, ambrosia, ambrosial, appetizing, attenuate, attenuated, beautiful, bleached, bonne bouche, bonny, breakable, bright, brittle, cate, cheap jack, choice, choice morsel, civilized, clean, cleanly,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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