stoney

[ stoh-nee ]

/ ˈstoʊ ni /

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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Example sentences from the Web for stoney

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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.
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson|Watkin Tench
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

Stoney

/ (ˈstəʊnɪ) /

noun

a member of a Native Canadian people of Alberta

Word Origin for Stoney

from Siouan

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