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Adjective: stony (stonier,stoniest)  stow-nee
  1. Abounding in rocks or stones
    "stony ground";
    - rocky, bouldery, bouldered
     
  2. Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
    "his stony gaze";
    - flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate
     
  3. Hard as granite
    "a stony fist";
    - granitic, granitelike, rocklike

Derived forms: stoniest, stonier

See also: hard, hardhearted, heartless, rough, unsmooth

Encyclopedia: Stony