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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flinty \Flint"y\, a. [Compar. {Flintier}; superl. {Flintiest}.] Consisting of composed of abounding in or resembling, flint; as a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart. {Flinty rock}, or {Flinty state}, a siliceous slate; -- basanite is here included. See {Basanite}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flinty adj 1: showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart" [syn: {obdurate}, {stony}] 2: having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute [syn: {granitic}, {unyielding}]
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