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Definition of Stony

1. Adjective. Abounding in rocks or stones. "Bouldery beaches"

2. Adjective. Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings. "The child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

3. Adjective. Hard as granite. "A granitic fist"

Definition of Stony

1. a. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.

Definition of Stony

1. Adjective. As hard as stone. ¹

2. Adjective. Containing or made up of stones. ¹

3. Adjective. (figuratively) Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion. ¹

4. Adjective. (figuratively) Of an action such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stony

1. abounding in stones [adj STONIER, STONIEST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stony

stonishes stonishing stonk stonked stonker stonkered stonkers stonking stonks stonn

stonne stonned stonnes stonning stonns stony (current term) stony-broke stony-faced stony broke stony coral

stonyhearted stonying stood stood down stood for stood in stood on ceremony stood out stood up stood up to

Literary usage of Stony

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diary of the American Revolution: From Newspapers and Original Documents by Frank Moore (1860)
"I respect those qualities even in an enemy; and so far as the rebels exhibited either, or both, at stony Point, (of which, however, I am unable to judge at ..."

2. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"And now let all which profess christianity consider; how do they think to convert the Jews with their stony heart, from one stony heart to another, ..."

3. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England by John Campbell Campbell, Joseph Arnould (1881)
"that stony Middleton should in future be his summer residence, ... As regards society, Denman was very pleasantly situated at stony Middleton. ..."

4. A Complete Descriptive and Statistical Gazetteer of the United States of by Daniel Haskel, John Calvin Smith (1843)
"Drained by stony cr. and its branches. Iron ore is abundant. It has 2 stores, cap. $2000 ; 1 woollen fac., 2 tanneries, 2 distillerie», 6 grist m , 15 saw ..."

5. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1891)
"The capture of stony Point served the desired purpose of relieving Connecticut, but the Americans held it but three days. Clinton Evacuation of at once drew ..."

6. The American Revolution by John Fiske (1896)
"The capture of stony Point served the desired purpose of relieving Connecticut, but the Americans held it but three days. Clinton at once drew his forces ..."

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