Crossword clues for flintier
flintier
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flinty \Flint"y\, a. [Compar. Flintier; superl. Flintiest.] Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.
Flinty rock, or Flinty state, a siliceous slate; -- basanite is here included. See Basanite.
Wiktionary
a. (en-comparative of: flinty)
WordNet
adj. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn: obdurate, stony]
having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute [syn: granitic, unyielding]
See flinty
Usage examples of "flintier".
At any rate he remained utterly motionless, kept his eyes shut for a while, and when he opened them again their gaze seemed changed, seemed to have become still older, still lonelier, still flintier and long-suffering, if that were possible.
Those who make a living with their ringers and tongues have flintier hearts than the rest of us, I suppose.
Those who make a living with their fingers and tongues have flintier hearts than the rest of us, I suppose.