slatey
- adjective
- /ˈsleɪti/
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gris azulado
- The stones on the path were a beautiful slatey gray, complementing the greenery.
Examples
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She painted the walls a slatey blue to create a calm atmosphere.
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The sky turned a slatey color as the storm approached.
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He looked at me with no expression in his slatey little eyes.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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1.1
Slightly like the color of old hair or a cloudy sky
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2.0
Gray with a little blue like the sky before a storm
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2.7
A color that is mainly blue with some gray
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4.8
A dark blue-gray color like a wet stone or a storm sky
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2.5
A grey color with a touch of blue
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3.4
A blue color like the sky when clouds make it less bright
A gray-blue color like a flat rock often used on roofs
A dark gray color like the stone slate
Having a dark, flat, smooth look like the rock used for roofs
Having the gray color or look of stone
A dull gray color like stone or slate
Antonyms
How Gray
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Etymology
Slatey comes from the word slate and the ending -y, where slate is the dark, flat rock used for roofs and writing boards and -y means 'like'. So, slatey means 'like slate', a 'bluish-gray' color you can see in a slate roof or a stormy sky.