also ston·ey adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Covered with or full of stones: a stony beach.
2. Resembling stone, as in hardness.
3. 1. Hardhearted and unfeeling; unemotional.
   2. Exhibiting no feeling or warmth; impassive: a stony expression.
4. Emotionally numbing or paralyzing: a stony feeling of fear.

stonily ston'i·ly adv.
stoniness ston'i·ness n.

adj

Definition: hard, icy in appearance, response
Antonyms: friendly, smiling, soft, warm

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: abounding in rocks or stones
  Synonyms: rocky, bouldery, bouldered

Meaning #2: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
  Synonyms: flinty, obdurate

Meaning #3: hard as granite
  Synonyms: granitic, granitelike, rocklike

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stenet, sten-, ufølsom, iskold

Nederlands (Dutch)
stenig, steenachtig, ijzig, uitdrukkingsloos

Français (French)
adj. - pierreux, de la pierre, (fig) glacial

Deutsch (German)
adj. - steinig, steinern

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λιθώδης, πετρώδης, (μτφ.) ανέκφραστος, ψυχρός, σκληρός, άκαμπτος

Italiano (Italian)
pietroso, gelido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - pedregoso

Русский (Russian)
каменистый, каменный, безжалостный, холодный, неподвижный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - pedregoso, glacial

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stenartad, stenbunden

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
多石的, 无情的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多石的, 無情的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 돌처럼 단단한, 돌이 많은, 냉혹한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 石の, 石のような, 冷たい, 冷酷な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جامد, بلا انفعالات, حجري, صخري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אבני, מטורש, מסולע, סלעי, קשה, קשוח, קר, צונן, חסר-כל, חסר פרוטה‬

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