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   stony

   /ˈstəʊni/

   adjective

   • 1. covered with or full of small pieces of rock: "rough stony paths" Similar rockyrock-strewnpebblygravellyshinglygrittyroughhardruggedOpposite smooth
   • ▪ made of or resembling stone: "stony steps"
   • ▪ (of a meteorite) consisting mostly of rock, as opposed to metal.
   • 2. not having or showing feeling or sympathy: "Lucenzo's hard, stony eyes" Similar unfriendlycoldchillyfrostyicyfrigidhardflintysteelysternseverefixedexpressionlessblankpoker-faceddeadpanunfeelinguncaringunsympatheticlacking compassioninsensitiveunmovedindifferentunresponsivecold-heartedcallousheartlesstoughhard-heartedstony-heartedinflexibleunbendingunyieldinguncompromisingmercilesspitilessruthlessunforgivinghostileliterary:adamantinerare:induratemarble-heartedRhadamanthineOpposite friendlysympathetic

   Word Origin Old Englishstānig (see stone, -y1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. stonily adverb
   • 2. stoniness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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