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"stony" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often rocky (5 letters).
Definitions
Hard, cold, or unyielding like stone.
Word origin
From Middle English stony, stoni, stani, from Old English stāniġ, stǣniġ (“stony, rocky”), from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (“stony”), equivalent to stone + -y. Cognate with Scots stany (“stony”), West Frisian stienich (“stony”), Dutch stenig (“stony, metalled”), German steinig (“stony, rocky, gravelly”), Swedish stenig (“stony, rocky, pebbly”).
Used in a sentence
“a stony polymer”
“a stony path”
“The track was stony with a grassy camber up the middle.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Rocklike”5 letters
02“Hard like rock”5 letters
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