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.

From The New Yorker

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

The Black is not the only valuable race of Spanish fowl; there is, also, the Gray, or Speckled, of a slaty gray color, with white legs.

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg