stonily

adverb

ston·​i·​ly ˈstōnᵊlē 

-nᵊli, 

-nə̇l-

: in a stony manner : without apparent feeling or reaction : dumbly

remains stonily indifferent to time and circumstance

—Irving Kristol

in prison sat down stonily to his fate

—Marjory S. Douglas

eyed him stonily

—Kenneth Roberts

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