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stonily

adv

Etymology

From stony + -ly.

  1. inherited from *stainagaz✻ — “stony”
  2. inherited from stāniġ
  3. inherited from stony
  4. suffixed as stonily — “stony + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a stony manner.

    • It was curious to remark the different mien and bearing of the other Federal prisoners who were taken yesterday […]. Some looked stonily and unconsciously forward […]
    • All their meagre breasts panted together, the violently dilated nostrils quivered, the eyes stared stonily up-hill.

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