stonily

/'stounili/

Thân thiện

She stared stonily out the window, ignoring the commotion.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • In an emotionally cold, hard, or unfeeling manner: Describes a way of behaving, speaking, or looking that shows a complete lack of warmth, sympathy, or emotion.
   • In a rigid, fixed, or impassive manner: Describes a way of acting or appearing that is unmoving and unresponsive, like stone.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • She stared stonily at the horizon, refusing to acknowledge his apology.
  • The guard listened stonily to the prisoner's pleas.
  • He received the bad news stonily, showing no outward reaction.

Advanced Usage

• "stonily silent": completely and coldly silent, refusing to speak.
  • After the argument, he remained stonily silent for hours.
• "stonily indifferent": showing a cold and complete lack of interest or concern.
  • The official was stonily indifferent to the complaints of the citizens.

Variants and Related Words

• Stony (adj): Resembling stone in hardness or lack of feeling; unfeeling.
  • He gave me a stony look.
• Stone (n): The hard, solid material; often used metaphorically for hardness or coldness.
  • A heart of stone.

Synonyms

• Coldly: In an unfriendly or unemotional way.
• Impassively: Without emotion or expression.
• Expressionlessly: Without showing any feeling on one's face.

Related Phrases

• With a stony face/expression: With a face that shows no emotion.
  • He listened with a stony expression.

Related Idioms

• (As) hard as stone: Very hard or unfeeling.
  • His expression was as hard as stone.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in a stony manner
   • stonily indifferent to time