stonily

English

Etymology

stony +‎ -ly

Adverb

stonily (comparative more stonily, superlative most stonily)

1. In a stony manner.
   • 1862, “The Southern Confederacy”, in The Times:

     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 […]

   • 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:

     All their meagre breasts panted together, the violently dilated nostrils quivered, the eyes stared stonily up-hill.

Anagrams

• stylion, tylosin