variants
or less commonly stoney
stonier; stoniest
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
Examples of stony in a Sentence
She gave him a stony stare.
the judge's stony demeanor didn't raise the defendant's hopes for a more lenient sentence
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And most of those business people tend to have rather stony, cold, dead eyes.
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Andrew Tobias, Vulture, 7 July 2025
The reef is home to 45 species of stony corals, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and 6,000 species of marine line total.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
The typically blustery course, located along the stony shore of Sandwich Bay, was calm during the first round, which began at 6:45am.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 2 July 2025
Also worth a visit are the stony remains at the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
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Andrew Tobias, Vulture, 7 July 2025
The reef is home to 45 species of stony corals, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, and 6,000 species of marine line total.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
The typically blustery course, located along the stony shore of Sandwich Bay, was calm during the first round, which began at 6:45am.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 2 July 2025
Also worth a visit are the stony remains at the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for stony
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“Stony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stony. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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stony
adjective
variants
also stoney
stonier; stoniest
1
a
: full of stones
stony soil
b
: hard as stone
a stony seed
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