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stonier

  • comparative
    of stony.
    stony
    adjective
    full of or abounding in stones or rock.
  • a word form of stoney.
    stoney
    adjective
    a variant of stony.

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It seemed both more substantial and more subdued, stonier and less exuberant.

From New York Times ● Jan. 15, 2021

But with Diana as a contrast, the Queen is suddenly less regal and a good deal stonier.

From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2020

Yet in my experience, these wines very much bore out what I would have expected to see: The Crozes-Hermitage was the most open, and the St.-Joseph more tightly wound and stonier.

From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2020

That being said, the dismal returns of RoboCop prove the soil in Q1 is stonier than we think.  digging.

From Time ● Feb. 19, 2014

Hermione’s face became stonier with every word he uttered.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

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