- (superl.) Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.
- (superl.) Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.
- (superl.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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