adjective
- containing or consisting of flint; very hard like flint
- showing no emotion or sympathy; stern and unyielding
Examples
- The hikers struggled to climb the flinty mountainside.
- Her flinty stare made it clear she would not change her mind.
- The old judge was known for his flinty demeanor in the courtroom.
- They built their house on flinty ground that was difficult to excavate.
- His flinty heart showed no mercy for those who broke the rules.
- The flinty soil made farming nearly impossible in that region.
- She gave him a flinty look when he arrived late again.