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SLATY (slatier, slatiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: slatier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, slatiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does slaty mean? 

SLATY (adjective)
  The adjective SLATY has 1 sense:

1. of the color of slate or graniteplay

  Familiarity information: SLATY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SLATY (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the color of slate or granite

Synonyms:

slate-gray; slate-grey; slatey; slaty; slaty-gray; slaty-grey; stone-gray; stone-grey

Context example:

the slaty sky of dawn

Similar:

achromatic; neutral (having no hue)


 Context examples 


We saw the shimmering slaty gleam of their skins between the tree-trunks, and their heads undulating high above the brush-wood.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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