stoney

[ stoh-nee ]

adjective,ston·i·er, ston·i·est.
  1. a variant of stony.

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How to use stoney in a sentence

  • The way now grew stonier and hotter, and the scenery somewhat monotonous.

    Italian Alps | Douglas William Freshfield
  • The harder and stonier and more rigid the discipline was, the more virtue it contained, she thought.

    A Little Girl in Old New York | Amanda Millie Douglas
  • He gave them three days to wreck their proud bulwarks, and the people stood stupefied, stonier than their walls.

    The Browning Cyclopdia | Edward Berdoe
  • He had grown more silent and stonier than ever, if that were possible, during the last few days.

    The Northern Light | E. Werner
  • They ought to have melted a stonier susceptibility than his.

British Dictionary definitions for Stoney

Stoney

/ (ˈstəʊnɪ) /


noun
  1. a member of a Native Canadian people of Alberta

Origin of Stoney

1
from Siouan

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