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)