slaty
- adjective
- /ˈsleɪti/
:
pizarroso
- It was slaty-blue, face up, the little face shriveled like an old vegetable.
Examples
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The sea is a slatier kind of gray, only relieved by white horses racing to shore.
Academic text (2001) -
In the slaty picture, his face was unmistakable, his mouth stretched wide around a slogan.
Fiction book (2000) -
In the Corvidae, nests weighing one ounce or having a cup diameter of three inches or less, such as those of the small slaty monarch, are commonly dependent on silk.
Academic text (1994) -
Surrounded on all sides by dense brush, with only a slender apron of grass where violets and white wood sorrel grew, it was oval in shape, and the dark slaty color of the water told her that the pool was deep enough so that the water would come nearly to her elbows were she standing in the center, in the sunniest part by that broad flat rock rising.
Fiction book (1992) -
The artist chose a slaty color for the background, evoking a moody atmosphere.
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Her slaty eyes seemed to reflect the gray skies of the early morning.
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The old building was made of slaty stone, giving it a timeless and sturdy appearance.
Synonyms
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A dark blue-gray color like a wet stone or a storm sky
A gray color with a touch of blue
A dark gray color like the stone slate
Having a dark, flat, smooth look like the rock used for roofs
A dull gray color like stone or slate
Antonyms
How Slaty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word slaty comes from the rock slate and the ending -y, which means 'like'. So slaty means 'like slate' — a gray or blue-gray color or look, like the stone.