stony UK /ˈstəʊni/US /ˈstoʊni/ adjective5 •Containing or made up of stones.The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle. — 2022 •(figurative) Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion. •(figurative) Of an action or expression, such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion; (usually also) emotionally cold, silent, and motionless or nearly so.o’er the heaps of dead, / Whose stony eyes glared in the morning light, / I trod; […] — 1817 •As hard as stone. •(UK, slang) Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.Seriously, Dedalus. I’m stony. Hurry out to your school kip and bring us back some money. — 1922 formsstonier · stoniest