slaty C2 Topic:Science & Research UK /ˈsleɪti/ See IPA manual Freq #555627 Meanings 1 adj of the color of slate or granite The slaty sky of dawn. 2 adj Resembling the rock slate. Their faces and hands were yellow as saffron; their small and slaty eyes were set obliquely beneath lashless lids; and their thin lips, which smiled eternally, were crooked. as the blades of scimitars. 3 adj Of a light grey colour as slate. But snow had now begun to fall out of a forbiddingly slaty-grey sky, and this seemed to depress both engine and crew. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · of the color of slate or... slate-grey Word family Derived forms slatilyslatiness Etymology From slate + -y. Topics Science & Research External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # slaty **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (UK):** /ˈsleɪti/ **Frequency rank:** 555627 ## Meanings 1. of the color of slate or granite 2. Resembling the rock slate. 3. Of a light grey colour as slate. ## Examples - The slaty sky of dawn. - Their faces and hands were yellow as saffron; their small and slaty eyes were set obliquely beneath lashless lids; and their thin lips, which smiled eternally, were crooked. as the blades of scimitars. - But snow had now begun to fall out of a forbiddingly slaty-grey sky, and this seemed to depress both engine and crew. ## Derived Forms - slatily - slatiness ## Etymology From slate + -y. ## Topics - Science & Research markdown