stony
adjective
full of or abounding in stones or rock.
stonily
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a word derived from
stony.
Example Sentences
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“We trust in Kyrie, and I expect us to have our whole team at some point,” teammate Kevin Durant said stonily during the media event.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2021
He looks up at her in awe and love; she stonily gazes in another direction and walks away from him.
From Salon ● May 2, 2019
The handmaidens stare straight ahead, stonily connecting this incredible and otherwise inexplicable event to viewers, who stare back at the painting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 7, 2019
In Ms. Argerich’s towering early traversal of Chopin’s Sonata No. 3, the Largo stands out, beginning stonily then receding into almost dissolving dreaminess, and on from there in great tidal waves of approach and release.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2017
With his other eye he stared stonily ahead.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
