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flinty

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flint·y  (flnt)
adj. flint·i·er, flint·i·est
1. Containing or composed of flint.
2. Unyielding; stern: a flinty manner.
flinti·ly adv.
flinti·ness n.
flinty [ˈflɪntɪ]
adj flintier, flintiest
1. of, relating to, or resembling flint
2. hard or cruel; obdurate; unyielding
flintily  adv
flintiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.flinty - containing flint
2.flinty - showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
flint, granitic, obdurate, stony
hardhearted, heartless - lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
Translations
flinty [ˈflɪntɪ] ADJ
1. [material] → de sílex; [soil] → silíceo
2. (fig) [eyes, gaze, stare] → duro; [heart] → de piedra
flinty
adj (+er)
(= hardhearted) person → hartherzig; heart → steinern; eyes, gaze → hart
soil, ground → feuersteinhaltig


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Further on, from the bright red windows of the Sword-Fish Inn, there came such fervent rays, that it seemed to have melted the packed snow and ice from before the house, for everywhere else the congealed frost lay ten inches thick in a hard, asphaltic pavement, --rather weary for me, when I struck my foot against the flinty projections, because from hard, remorseless service the soles of my boots were in a most miserable plight.
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Yet, human fellowship infused some nourishment into the flinty viands, and struck some sparks of cheerfulness out of them.
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Your bed is on the flinty rock, Your sleep to watch alway;'
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