slatey
slatey is the alternative spelling of slaty.
Meaning of slaty
Adjective
slaty (comparative slatier, superlative slatiest)
- 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.1933-03, Clark Ashton Smith, "The Isle of the Torturers", Weird Tales
- 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.1949 May and June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 192
Forms of slatey
| comparative | slatier |
|---|---|
| superlative | slatiest |
Words formed from slatey
Questions about slatey
- What is slatey the alternative spelling of?
- Slatey is the alternative spelling of slaty.
Words near slatey in the dictionary
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