stoney

[ stoh-nee ]

/ ˈstoʊ ni /

adjective, ston·i·er, ston·i·est.

stony.

Nearby words

stoneware, stonewash, stonewashed, stonework, stonewort, stoney, stoney creek, stonington, stonk, stonker, stonkered

Definition for stoney (2 of 2)

stony

or ston·ey

[ stoh-nee ]

/ ˈstoʊ ni /

adjective, ston·i·er, ston·i·est.

full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.

pertaining to or characteristic of stone.

resembling or suggesting stone, especially in its hardness.

unfeeling; merciless; obdurate: a stony heart.

motionless or rigid; without expression, as the eyes or a look: a hard, stony stare.

petrifying; stupefying: stony fear.

having a stone or stones, as fruit.

Slang. stone-broke.

Origin of stony

before 1000; Middle English; Old English stānig. See stone, -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR stony

1 rocky, pebbly.

4 adamant, hard, flinty, pitiless, inflexible, unbending.

Related forms

ston·i·ly, adverbston·i·ness, nounun·ston·i·ly, adverbun·ston·i·ness, noun

un·ston·y, adjective

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Mariel's eyes shifted momentarily to Prex's stoney face, then back to Shandor, ghosts of fear creeping across his face.
Bear Trap|Alan Edward Nourse

The grizzly was peeved, for the Stoney had peppered a couple of silly bullets into the brute's shoulder.
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The greatest part of the land I think but indifferent, being light and stoney.
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This is Stoney Littleton, a large Celtic tumulus composed of masonry, but now entirely overgrown with brushwood.
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What a light on the past was cast by that stoney silence, unbroken by a solitary protest.
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British Dictionary definitions for stoney (1 of 2)

Stoney

/ (ˈstəʊnɪ) /

noun

a member of a Native Canadian people of Alberta

Word Origin for Stoney

from Siouan

British Dictionary definitions for stoney (2 of 2)

stony

stoney

/ (ˈstəʊnɪ) /

adjective stonier or stoniest

of or resembling stone

abounding in stone or stones

unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate

short for stony-broke

Derived Formsstonily, adverbstoniness, noun

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Word Origin and History for stoney

stony

adj.

Old English stanig; see stone (n.) + -y (2).

stoney

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stony

or ston·ey

adjective, ston·i·er, ston·i·est.

Origin of stony

Examples from the Web for stoney

British Dictionary definitions for stoney (1 of 2)

Stoney

noun

Word Origin for Stoney

British Dictionary definitions for stoney (2 of 2)

stony

stoney

adjective stonier or stoniest

Word Origin and History for stoney

stony

Definition for stoney (2 of 2)