slaty

English

Etymology

From slate +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈsleɪti/

Adjective

slaty (comparative slatier, superlative slatiest)

1. Resembling the mineral slate.
   • 1933-03, Clark Ashton Smith, "The Isle of the Torturers", Weird Tales:

     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.

Anagrams

• salty