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Definition of Stoniest
1. stony [adj] - See also: stony
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoniest
Literary usage of Stoniest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography by Henry Adams (1918)
"... he admitted even temper, under protest; but the seeds of a moral education
would at that moment have fallen on the stoniest soil in Quincy, which is, ..."
2. The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography by Henry E. Adams (1918)
"... at that moment have fallen on the stoniest soil in Quincy, which is, as every
one knows, the stoniest glacial and tidal drift known in any Puritan land. ..."
3. A Woman's First Impressions of Europe: Being Wayside Sketches Made During a by Elizabeth A. Forbes (1865)
"This remote village is built of the stoniest houses, up the steepest, stoniest
streets that humanity has often .chosen for its habitation, ..."
4. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"She searched in the pocket of her gown ; drew out a pair of black-lace mittens ;
put them on with the stoniest and steadiest composure; and then quietly ..."
5. Quo Vadis: A Tale of the Time of Nero by Henryk Sienkiewicz (1897)
"The people listened, but the stoniest hearts among them were touched with pity,
when from the smaller stakes arose the heartrending cries of children, ..."
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