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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˈstoʊni/ · UK /ˈstəʊni/
stony means: Showing no friendly feeling or emotion, often through silence or a fixed face.
adjective
Showing no friendly feeling or emotion, often through silence or a fixed face.
- She gave me a stony look.
- His apology was met with stony silence.
- Their faces remained stony throughout the speech.
Containing many stones or consisting of stones.
- We walked along a stony path.
- The stony soil is difficult to dig.
- Have you ever camped on a stony beach?
Showing little kindness, warmth, or feeling towards other people.
- The stony guard refused to help.
- Her grandfather grew stony whenever visitors arrived.
- Even that stony official softened when the child smiled.
Very hard, like a piece of rock.
- The clay dried into a stony mass.
- We could not cut through the stony crust.
- The material had a stony hardness after cooling.
Questions about stony
What does stony mean?
Showing no friendly feeling or emotion, often through silence or a fixed face.
What is stony in other languages?
Türkçe: soğuk · Español: frío · Français: glacial · Deutsch: eisig · Italiano: gelido · 日本語: 冷ややかな
How do you pronounce stony?
In American English /ˈstoʊni/; in British English /ˈstəʊni/.
How do you use stony in a sentence?
She gave me a stony look. His apology was met with stony silence.
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