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Etymology
Etymology tree English stony Middle English -ly English -ly English stonily From stony + -ly.
Meanings
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In a stony manner.
All their meagre breasts panted together, the violently dilated nostrils quivered, the eyes stared stonily up-hill.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 205: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 […]
1862, “The Southern Confederacy”, in The Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more stonily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most stonily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |