Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a stony manner; stiffly; harshly; frigidly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a stony manner.

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  • adverb In a stony manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a stony manner

Etymologies

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stony +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "You may take me down to the office of the Governor," said Mr. Ludlow stonily, meaningly.

    Lifted Masks; stories Susan Glaspell 1915

  • Morgan gazes at her stonily, unamused.10.13pm: Hadley – Oh God, it's Downey Junior, being weird.

    Golden Globes 2012 – as it happened 2012

  • Kaarlo stares stonily at the ground and I feel sorry for him.

    The Trouble With May Amelia Jennifer L. Holm 2011

  • Kaarlo stares stonily at the ground and I feel sorry for him.

    The Trouble With May Amelia Jennifer L. Holm 2011

  • He opens up shop to his customers, then sits there stonily as they tell their story of why they need money not that he cares.

    Marshall Fine: HuffPost Review: Octubre Marshall Fine 2011

  • The logical extension of sex as a purely physical transaction is seen in the terrifying fourth scene in which Pam, by now a mother, stonily ignores her baby's cries of rage while doing her eye make-up in preparation for a new date.

    Saved – review 2011

  • Ms. Plimpton brings a priceless credibility and force to this blue - collar dynamo who had her own child at age 15 and who remains stonily averse to the wisdom of health rules like not smoking, especially in the presence of a baby.

    Chances for Hope Dorothy Rabinowitz 2010

  • The UN has not offered even a pig; on the contrary, it remained stonily silent for the last month, and has now decided to send two envoys to investigate.

    Sohaila Abdulali: Outrageous Rapes in Congo, Outrageous Neglect by the UN Sohaila Abdulali 2010

  • The UN has not offered even a pig; on the contrary, it remained stonily silent for the last month, and has now decided to send two envoys to investigate.

    Sohaila Abdulali: Outrageous Rapes in Congo, Outrageous Neglect by the UN 2010

  • She stared stonily ahead when he escorted her out of the Underworld in the chariot, back across the River Styx, and up Mount Olympus.

    PERSEPHONE THE PHONY JOAN HOLUB 2010

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