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ston⋅y

  [stoh-nee]
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–adjective, ston⋅i⋅er, ston⋅i⋅est.
1. full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.
2. pertaining to or characteristic of stone.
3. resembling or suggesting stone, esp. in its hardness.
4. unfeeling; merciless; obdurate: a stony heart.
5. motionless or rigid; without expression, as the eyes or a look: a hard, stony stare.
6. petrifying; stupefying: stony fear.
7. having a stone or stones, as fruit.
8. Slang. stone-broke.
Also, stoney.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE stānig. See stone, -y 1

Related forms:
ston⋅i⋅ly, adverb
ston⋅i⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. rocky, pebbly. 4. adamant, hard, flinty, pitiless, inflexible, unbending.
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ston·y also ston·ey   (stō'nē)   
adj.   ston·i·er, ston·i·est
  1. Covered with or full of stones: a stony beach.
  2. Resembling stone, as in hardness.
    1. Hardhearted and unfeeling; unemotional.
    2. Exhibiting no feeling or warmth; impassive: a stony expression.
  4. Emotionally numbing or paralyzing: a stony feeling of fear.
ston'i·ly adv., ston'i·ness n.
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Stony

Ston"y\, a. [Compar. Stonier; superl. Stoniest.] [AS. st[=a]nig. See Stone.]

1. 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.

2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

The stony dart of senseless cold. --Spenser.

3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.

Stony coral. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : stony
Spanish: pedregoso,
German: steinig,
Japanese: 石だらけの
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