What is "stoniest"

Stony \Ston"y\, a. [Compar. Stonier; superl. Stoniest.] [AS. st[=a]nig. See Stone.]

1. 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.

2. Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

   The stony dart of senseless cold.
   --Spenser.

3. Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze.

   Stony coral. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Stone coral, under Stone.

a. (en-superlativestony)

1. adj. abounding in rocks or stones; "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches" [syn: rocky, bouldery, bouldered]

2. showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn: flinty, obdurate]

3. hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: granitic, granitelike, rocklike]

4. [also: stoniest, stonier]

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