steely

[ stee-lee ]
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adjective,steel·i·er, steel·i·est.
  1. consisting or made of steel.

  2. resembling or suggesting steel, as in color, strength, or hardness.

Origin of steely

1
First recorded in 1500–10; steel + -y1

Other words from steely

  • steel·i·ness, noun

Words Nearby steely

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How to use steely in a sentence

  • The lawyer's steely gaze was sunk in the soft blue depths of hers.

    The Opened Shutters | Clara Louise Burnham
  • His hand flashed out and grasped the other's wrist in a steely grip.

    The Judas Valley | Gerald Vance
  • She plunged into the chilly equinoctial darkness as the clock struck ten, for her fifteen miles' walk under the steely stars.

  • Anger itself could not warm her, for that she was angry was plain only from the steely sparkle in her grey eyes.

    There and Back | George MacDonald
  • It remedies matters when you have some one to fight for you, asserted Ronny, her gray eyes steely with purpose.