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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STONY, a. [G.]
1. Made of stone; as a stony tower.
2. Consisting of stone; as a stony cave.
3. Full of stones; abounding with stones; as stony ground.
4. Petrifying; as the stony dart of senseless cold.
5. Hard; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; as a stony heart.
6. Insensible; obdurate; perverse; morally hard.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches" [syn: rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stony]
2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn: flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony]
3: hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony]

Merriam Webster's

also stoney adjective (stonier; -est) Date: before 12th century 1. abounding in or having the nature of stone ; rocky 2. a. insensitive to pity or human feeling ; obdurate b. manifesting no movement or reaction ; dumb, expressionless c. fearfully gripping ; petrifying 3. archaic consisting of or made of stones 4. British stone broke • stonily adverb • stoniness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (stonier, stoniest) 1 full of or covered with stones (stony soil; a stony road). 2 a hard, rigid. b cold, unfeeling, uncompromising (a stony stare; a stony silence). Phrases and idioms: stony-broke Brit. sl. entirely without money. stony-hearted unfeeling, obdurate. Derivatives: stonily adv. stoniness n. Etymology: OE stanig (as STONE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(stonier, stoniest) 1. Stony ground is rough and contains a lot of stones. The steep, stony ground is well drained. ...a stony track. ADJ 2. A stony expression or attitude does not show any sympathy or friendliness. He drove us home in stony silence. ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Hard, petrous, gritty. 2. Obdurate, inflexible, cruel, unrelenting, pitiless, hard, adamantine, flinty.

Moby Thesaurus

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