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Flinty

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Adjective

1. flinty

containing flint

2. flint, flinty, granitic, obdurate, stony

showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings

Example Sentences:
'his flinty gaze'
'the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Flinty

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adjectiveWord forms: flintier or flintiest
1. 
of, relating to, or resembling flint
2. 
hard or cruel; obdurate; unyielding

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Flinty

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adjectiveWord forms: ˈflintier or ˈflintiest
1. 
made of or containing flint
2. 
like flint; extremely hard and firm; inflexible
a flinty heart

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Flinty

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adj. flint·i·er, flint·i·est
1. Containing or composed of flint.
2. Unyielding; stern: a flinty manner.

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