| a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; | |||
| 2. | Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific. | ||||
| 3. | Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified;
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| Adj. | 1. | stony - abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches" |
| 2. | stony - showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" | |
| 3. | stony - hard as granite; "a granitic fist" |
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