STONY
What does "STONY" mean?
Covered with or full of stones; resembling stone.
Meanings
- Containing or covered with many stones. Nothing would grow in the thin, stony soil.
- Cold, unfeeling, or showing no emotion. She met his apology with a stony silence. figurative
- Hard and unyielding, like stone. The path wound up the stony hillside.
Word origin
From Old English 'stanig', formed from 'stan' (stone) plus the adjective ending '-ig', meaning 'made of or full of stone'.
Remember it
STONY is STONE with the silent E swapped for a Y - the rock made into a quality you can wear on your face.
A little poem
Her stony silence-
a field too full of pebbles
for any seed's word.
haiku
Wordplay
- The farmer's field and his expression had the same problem: both were too stony for anything to take root.
What it teaches
A stony face and a stony field share a flaw - nothing soft can take root in either.
Quick facts
What does STONY mean?
Covered with or full of stones; resembling stone.
Is STONY a valid word?
Yes — STONY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is STONY?
STONY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does STONY come from?
From Old English 'stanig', formed from 'stan' (stone) plus the adjective ending '-ig', meaning 'made of or full of stone'.
What can STONY teach us?
A stony face and a stony field share a flaw - nothing soft can take root in either.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.