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stony

  • adjective
  • /ˈstəʊni/

As hard as stone.

Other meanings

  1. Containing or made up of stones.

  2. Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.

Synonyms

  • rocky

Word history

From Old English "stāniġ".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “stony” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.