stony Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite abounding in rocks or stones
    bouldery; rocky; bouldered.
    • rocky fields
    • stony ground
    • bouldery beaches
  2. adjective satellite showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
    obdurate; flint; flinty; granitic.
    • his flinty gaze
    • the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
  3. adjective satellite hard as granite
    granitelike; granitic; rocklike.
    • a granitic fist

WordNet

Ston"y adjective
Etymology
AS. stanig. See Stone.
Wordforms
comparative Stonier ; superlative Stoniest
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust.
  2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
    The stony dart of senseless cold. Spenser.
  3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.

Webster 1913