slaty

[sley-tee]

adjective

slatier, slatiest 

1. consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to slate.

2. having the color of slate.

ˈslaty

/ ˈsleɪtɪ /

adjective

1. consisting of or resembling slate

2. having the colour of slate

Other Word Forms

• slatiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of slaty¹

First recorded in 1520–30; slate ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

He smoked a cigarette and admired the vivid slaty light.

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Lichens for the herbarium should, whenever possible, be sought for on a slaty or laminated rock, so as to procure them on flat thin pieces of the same, suitable for mounting.

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Thus in the Willow-fly, though the anterior pair of wings are of a brownish colour, they appear of a dark slaty hue when the fly is seen crawling about.

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The prevailing color is a slaty blue, undulated, and softly shaded with white all over the body, forming bands of various widths.

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Description.—Above nearly uniform slaty grey, below paler, whiter on the middle of the belly; bill dark horn-colour, feet clear brown: whole length 6·0 inches, wing 3·6, tail 2·6.

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