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

Examples of flinty in a Sentence

a flinty and determined hero a flinty warrior hardened by years of battle
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The camera loved the flinty angularity of his jaw, the slope of his nose, the perfect bow shape of his upper lip. Tom Gliatto, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025 Slight lime color in this 13% alcohol wine with flinty, mineral aromas followed by lime, grapefruit, gooseberry and wet granite. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 Retiring with a masterpiece would have been too sentimental a finale for an actor as flinty as this guy. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2025 The detailing on these men’s flinty personalities is either revealed too late (like the fact Wihlborg’s adopted) or not at all in situations where we’re tasked to understand their inconsistent behaviors (like Dolinski’s mindset). Courtney Howard, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flinty

Word History

First Known Use

1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of flinty was in 1536

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“Flinty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flinty. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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