stoney

[ stoh-nee ]

/ ˈstoʊ ni /

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adjective, ston·i·er, ston·i·est.

a variant of stony.

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Words nearby stoney

stoneware, stonewash, stonewashed, stonework, stonewort, stoney, Stoney Creek, Stonington, stonk, stonker, stonkered

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How to use stoney in a sentence

But Stoney, who has 116 caps for England, is now the most high-profile active gay footballer in England.
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The only character in A Week in Winter who fails to recognize this is sent packing from Stoney House.
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Anderson did have another longtime friend, Stoney Curtis of Lethal Hardcore, a company where Anderson did most of his work.
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Santorum said to the hundreds of people at his victory party in the Stoney Creek Inn in Johnston, Iowa.
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Justin Stoney, a vocal coach to Broadway actors, also judges her favorably.
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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
Carney knew enough Stoney to make himself understood, for he had hunted much with the tribe.
Bulldog Carney|W. A. Fraser
The grizzly was peeved, for the Stoney had peppered a couple of silly bullets into the brute's shoulder.
Bulldog Carney|W. A. Fraser
Briggs was nicknamed the "Stoney," because his brains were petrified by the constant dropping of wisdom upon them.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
At four o'clock we left this pleasing scene, and ascended a high mountain by a desperately stoney road, on the edge of precipices.
Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I|Sir Moses Montefiore

British Dictionary definitions for stoney

Stoney

/ (ˈstəʊnɪ) /

noun

a member of a Native Canadian people of Alberta

Word Origin for Stoney

from Siouan

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