Definitions
of the color of slate or granite
Word origin
From slate + -y.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Gray rock tone”5 letters
02“Gray like stone”5 letters
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