What does flinty mean?
Flinty means Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint..
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/ˈflɪnti/ · adjective
Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint..
It was late at night and frosty; high above them on the hills the cloppety clop, cloppety clop of a horse's hooves picking their way on the flinty stone track died away in the distance.
flinty rock
flinty slate
Public opinion has turned flintier in recent years on welfare spending.
While the texture of his playing was often flinty, his licks and leads were flush with feeling.
Wines can be described with words like cigar box and “pencil lead,” or flinty or with hints of sandalwood — oenophiles can veer into what many might deem pretentiousness pretty quick.
Use flinty when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flinty means Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint..
Common synonyms include unyielding, obdurate, heartless, stony.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It was late at night and frosty; high above them on the hills the cloppety clop, cloppety clop of a horse's hooves picking their way on the flinty stone track died away in the distance.
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