stony

About 2.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective As hard as stone.

   a stony polymer

2. adjective Containing or made up of stones.

   a stony path

3. adjective Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.

   a stony grandmother

4. adjective Of an action or expression, such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion; emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.

   a stony reception

5. adjective Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.

Similar words

rocklike flinty rocky bouldery granitelike granitic hard rough unsmooth obdurate

Often followed by

brook point ground and creek silence heart soil man

Word family

stoney stonier stoniest stonily stoniness stoninesses