slaty

adjective

ˈslā-tē How to pronounce slaty (audio)
variants also slatey
Definition of slatynext
as in slate
of the color gray slaty stones in the riverbed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaty
  1. silver
  2. gray
  3. grey
  4. grayish
Adjective
  • Police did not locate either occupant of the silver sedan, authorities said.
    Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Police alerted the Arizona Department of Public Safety and New Mexico state police to be on alert for Martin's silver 2016 Buick Encore with Arizona license plate BEA0TX.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of silver
Adjective
  • Traffic camera footage at 67th and Orangewood avenues showed two gray sedans speeding down the road a little after noon.
    Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The chill guy in question is a cartoon image of an anthropomorphic dog wearing a gray sweater, blue jeans and red shoes.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of gray
Adjective
  • This, instead, is a frozen grey winterscape of street shadows and perpetual darkness, with appropriate overtones of psychological horror.
    The Week UK, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Her skin is grey and cracked, her hair is sticking every which way, and she’s got a feral air about her.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of grey
Adjective
  • Taylor works out of a squat, grayish building on a residential street near the railroad tracks.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Most people would’ve just done the water with white foam or grayish blue foam.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 26 July 2024
Definition of grayish
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