flinty
[ flin-tee ]
adjective,flint·i·er, flint·i·est.
composed of, containing, or resembling flint, especially in hardness.
unyielding; unmerciful; obdurate: a flinty heart.
Origin of flinty
1Other words from flinty
- flint·i·ly, adverb
- flint·i·ness, noun
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How to use flinty in a sentence
The colonel's eyelids narrowed into two little slits through which his dark orbs glinted flintily.
The Motor Rangers Through the Sierras | Marvin WestShe advised from a flintily-logical, hard, worldly standpoint.
Scarlet and Hyssop | E. F. Benson
British Dictionary definitions for flinty
flinty
/ (ˈflɪntɪ) /
adjectiveflintier or flintiest
of, relating to, or resembling flint
hard or cruel; obdurate; unyielding
Derived forms of flinty
- flintily, adverb
- flintiness, noun
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