stony

or ston·ey

[ stoh-nee ]

/ ˈstoʊ ni /

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.

Words nearby stony

stoney creek, stonington, stonk, stonker, stonkered, stony, stony brook, stony coral, stony meteorite, stony pit, stony point

Origin of stony

before 1000; Middle English; Old English stānig. See stone, -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR stony

1 rocky, pebbly.

4 adamant, hard, flinty, pitiless, inflexible, unbending.

OTHER WORDS FROM stony

ston·i·ly, adverbston·i·ness, nounun·ston·i·ly, adverbun·ston·i·ness, noun

un·ston·y, adjective

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Examples from the Web for stonily

He stared at her stonily and turned away to look into the fire.
Yonder|Emily Hilda Young
Ashe looked across at the speaker steadily, not to say stonily.
The Trees of Pride|G.K. Chesterton
They stood stolidly, stonily at a distance, white-robed lines of resentment personified.
The Man From Brodney's|George Barr McCutcheon
He stood there stonily, but looking rather handsome in his big, sulky way.
The Convert|Elizabeth Robins

It was a crested quail, with every muscle as stonily rigid as though the bird had been dead for hours.
Astounding Stories, May, 1931|Various

British Dictionary definitions for stonily

stony

stoney

/ (ˈstəʊnɪ) /

adjective stonier or stoniest

of or resembling stone

abounding in stone or stones

unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate

short for stony-broke

Derived forms of stony

stonily, adverbstoniness, noun

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stony

or ston·ey

adjective, ston·i·er, ston·i·est.

Content related to stony

Words nearby stony

Origin of stony

SYNONYMS FOR stony

OTHER WORDS FROM stony

Examples from the Web for stonily

British Dictionary definitions for stonily

stoney

adjective stonier or stoniest

Derived forms of stony