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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ston•ey (stō′nē),USA pronunciation adj., ston•i•er, ston•i•est. - stony.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ston•y or ston•ey /ˈstoʊni/USA pronunciation adj., -i•er, -i•est. - full of stones or rock.
- resembling or suggesting stone, esp. in its hardness.
- unfeeling; merciless:a stony stare.
ston•i•ly /ˈstoʊnəli/USA pronunciation adv.: stared stonily at his rival. ston•i•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ston•y (stō′nē),USA pronunciation adj., 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, esp. 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 Termsstone-broke.
Also, stoney. - bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English stānig. See stone, -y1
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged rocky, pebbly.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged adamant, hard, flinty, pitiless, inflexible, unbending.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Stoney /ˈstəʊnɪ/ n - a member of a Native Canadian people of Alberta
Etymology: from Siouan Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stony, stoney /ˈstəʊnɪ/ adj (stonier, stoniest)- of or resembling stone
- abounding in stone or stones
- unfeeling, heartless, or obdurate
- short for stony-broke
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