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BNC: 35585 COCA: 27165
flintier; flintiest
1
: resembling flint
especially : stern, unyielding
flinty determination
2
: composed of or covered with flint
flintily adverb
flintiness noun

Example Sentences

a flinty and determined hero a flinty warrior hardened by years of battle
Recent Examples on the Web Lucy is as soft as Olive is flinty, subject to panic attacks and easily frightened by anything that reminds her of her childhood, in Amgash, Illinois. Laura Miller, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2022 In an impressive bit of virtuosity, the band’s woodwind player, Eric Da Costa, also channels the awkward Chaim, while violinist Shaina Silver-Baird brings poise to the flinty Chaya. Celia Wren, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2022 The two flinty characters are more likely to expose their own vulnerable bellies to outsiders than to each other. Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022 Doherty, who broke out as the flinty Princess Anne in The Crown, is marvelous in a role that’s simultaneously magnetic and off-putting. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 June 2022 Light lemon-yellow in appearance, with a smoky/flinty nose elevated with eucalyptus and fennel. Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 29 June 2022 By Hall's telling, he was bemused to find that his years of compelling dramatic work onstage, as Prospero or Willy Loman, had been almost entirely overshadowed by a few minutes as a flinty library detective. Adam Bernstein, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2022 But mostly the book is the equivalent of a flinty, modern dame holding her own in a room full of condescending men. Sarah Lyall, New York Times, 27 May 2022 Zingy, 10-year-old Sarah Silverman (Zoe Glick) isn’t a natural fit for the town of Bedford, N.H., where sour, flinty fatalism is the norm. New York Times, 7 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of flinty was in 1536

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