Meaning & use
Flinty
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Hard and unyielding, resembling flint in texture or, figuratively, in a person's stern character.
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The soil here is flinty and difficult to cultivate.
Her flinty expression gave nothing away during the negotiation.
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Wine tasters also use "flinty" to describe a mineral, smoky aroma in certain dry white wines, especially those grown in flint-rich soil.
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