stoney

[stoh-nee]

adjective, ston·i·er, ston·i·est.

stony.

stony

or ston·ey

[stoh-nee]

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

Related formsston·i·ly, adverbston·i·ness, nounun·ston·i·ly, adverbun·ston·i·ness, nounun·ston·y, adjective

Synonyms for stony

1. rocky, pebbly. 4. adamant, hard, flinty, pitiless, inflexible, unbending.

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Contemporary Examples of stoney

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Historical Examples of stoney

Berry-time was most over, so then I got a place to Miss Stoney's, the milliner.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866
Various
They are stoney ground hearers who "are offended when persecution ariseth because of the word."
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Andrew Lee
This was the schooner Kent, of about two hundred tons, skippered by a man known as "Stoney."
King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855
E. Keble Chatterton
"Stoney" was taken out of her, and he was said to be an outlaw whose real name was George Fagg.
King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855
E. Keble Chatterton
The shore beyond it looked rugged and craggy, and the land equalled the most sterile and stoney that had been seen.
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Vol. 2
David Collins

British Dictionary definitions for stoney

Stoney

noun

a member of a Native Canadian people of Alberta

Word Origin for Stoney

from Siouan

stony

stoney

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).