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stonily

stonily adverb: in a stony manner.

Adverb

stonily (comparative more stonily, superlative most stonily)

  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 […]1862, “The Southern Confederacy”, in The Times
    • 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

stonily meaning in Tamil

stonily in Tamil

கல்லாய்

Forms of stonily

comparativemore stonily
superlativemost stonily

Origin of stonily

From stony + -ly.

Questions about stonily

What does stonily mean?
Stonily means in a stony manner.
What is stonily in Tamil?
Stonily in Tamil is கல்லாய். See Stonily meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stonily?
Stonily is an adverb.

Words near stonily in the dictionary

  1. stoniest
  2. stonified
  3. stonifies
  4. stonify
  5. stonifying
  6. stonily
  7. stoniness
  8. stoninesses
  9. stoning
  10. stonings
  11. Stonington

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stonily (page history and authors); stonily (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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