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Meanings of
stony
in English
Abounding in rocks or stones.
rocky
bouldery
bouldered
Related terms
rough
unsmooth
Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings.
flint
obdurate
flinty
granitic
Related terms
heartless
hardhearted
Synonyms
Examples for "
flint
"
flint
obdurate
flinty
granitic
Examples for "
flint
"
1
I have food, water, a
flint
,
and the rest you asked for.
2
The Strongs find the
flint
on which the Geisners strike the steel.
3
Burins and specialized
flint
tools were difficult to make in any case.
4
He is one of the best workers of
flint
I've ever known.
5
Let us walk along the cliffs together and search for
flint
arrows.
1
The governor was
obdurate
in his decision to stick in the race.
2
But the French Court was
obdurate
;
it would not furnish a penny.
3
She changes her mind; she is willing where before she was
obdurate
.
4
But her villa looks very dark; its closed windows are very
obdurate
.
5
The surface of his paintings is wall-like in itself: solid,
obdurate
,
opaque.
1
I suppose she has always come across as a wee but
flinty
.
2
It must be hardened so as to make it a
flinty
steel.
3
The times were hard, and they called for men of
flinty
fibre.
4
It must have been disheartening work, picking away at the
flinty
ledges.
5
With flashing eyes, Justine Delande sprang up, facing the
flinty
-
hearted
old Scotsman.
1
The drift-clays are the result of the grinding up of
granitic
rocks.
2
This was poor,
granitic
country, no good for anything but growing trees.
3
The eruptions consequently took place at the lowest point of the
granitic
chain.
4
The little Indian village stands at the foot of a lofty
granitic
mountain.
5
Yet many a time I have seen those lips harden into
granitic
stubbornness.
Hard as granite.
rocklike
granitelike
Related terms
hard
Usage of
stony
in English
1
Home is New York,
stony
and tall: its real estate is real.
2
The soil in the valley was rich, but
stony
in some parts.
3
It drops here and there, in good ground and in
stony
places.
4
Perhaps His Grey Grace will choose you to ornament his
stony
court.
5
The
stony
-
faced
security team lead Ben back up to Clarke's twentieth-floor office.
6
Legget swore in a terrible voice which re-echoed from the
stony
cliff.
7
Only of the
stony
desert to the north they would not talk.
8
Then-frombehind him-heheard the scratch of footsteps along the
stony
floor.
9
Arch did not flinch; he bore the insulting scrutiny with
stony
calmness.
10
Then turn left on to the
stony
track where the route begins.
11
While engaged in fording a stream on the
stony
plain between road.
12
Cyber-pilgimages can deliver the same blessings as physical treks along
stony
paths.
13
Red through the
stony
vale comes down the stream of the hill.
14
There was a silence; a silence of blank faces and
stony
looks.
15
She had never heard him use such a tone,
stony
and fierce.
16
He flung open the door and entered, Garth following in
stony
silence.
Other examples for "stony"
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About this term
stony
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
stony ground
stony silence
stony face
stony eyes
stony hills
More collocations
Stony
through the time
Stony
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common