— stonily , adv. — stoniness , n.
/stoh"nee/ , adj., stonier, stoniest .
1. full of or abounding in stones or rock: a stony beach.
2. pertaining to or characteristic of stone.
3. resembling or suggesting stone, esp. in its hardness.
4. unfeeling; merciless; obdurate: a stony heart.
5. motionless or rigid; without expression, as the eyes or a look: a hard, stony stare.
6. petrifying; stupefying: stony fear.
7. having a stone or stones, as fruit.
8. Slang. stone-broke.
Also, stoney .
[ bef. 1000; ME; OE stanig. See STONE, -Y 1 ]
Syn. 1. rocky, pebbly. 4. adamant, hard, flinty, pitiless, inflexible, unbending.