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SLATY (slatier, slatiest)
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Irregular inflected forms: slatier , slatiest
, slatiest Dictionary entry overview: What does slaty mean?
• SLATY (adjective)
The adjective SLATY has 1 sense:
1. of the color of slate or granite
Familiarity information: SLATY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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