stonily

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English

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Etymology

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From stony +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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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.

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