Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of a very dark gray, really without chroma, or almost so, but appearing a little bluish.

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Examples

  • Even in the dim light of the alley, I could make out the glimmer of milky crystal surrounded by dark slate-colored agate.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Even in the dim light of the alley, I could make out the glimmer of milky crystal surrounded by dark slate-colored agate.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • In the distance, wispy cotton clouds ringed slate-colored mountains.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • In the distance, wispy cotton clouds ringed slate-colored mountains.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Even in the dim light of the alley, I could make out the glimmer of milky crystal surrounded by dark slate-colored agate.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • In the distance, wispy cotton clouds ringed slate-colored mountains.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • She opens her slate-colored book, arranges the stars into constellations, pastes them flat as doilies.

    History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011

  • She opens her slate-colored book, arranges the stars into constellations, pastes them flat as doilies.

    History of a Suicide Jill Bialosky 2011

  • Even in the dim light of the alley, I could make out the glimmer of milky crystal surrounded by dark slate-colored agate.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Something ominous was coming from above, from the slate-colored clouds, heavy with rain, or from a missile far away—who knew where it would land and when?

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

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