Steely

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Steely \Steel"y\ (-[y^]), a.
     1. Made of steel; consisting of steel. "The steely point of
        Clifford's lance." --Shak.
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              Around his shop the steely sparkles flew. --Gay.


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     2. Resembling steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel.
        "His hair was steely gray." --The Century.
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              She would unarm her noble heart of that steely
              resistance against the sweet blows of love. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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     {Steely iron}, a compound of iron containing less than one
        half of one per cent of carbon.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  steely
       adj 1: resembling steel as in hardness; "steely eyes"; "steely
              nerves like those of a steeplejack"
       2: resembling steel in hardness

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  219 Moby Thesaurus words for "steely":
     Philistine, Quaker-colored, acier, adamant, adamantine, ashen,
     ashy, aureate, beefy, bony, bouncing, brass, brassy, brazen,
     bronze, bronzy, callous, calloused, canescent, case-hardened,
     cast-iron, cement, cemental, cinereous, cinerous, concrete,
     constant, copper, coppery, corneous, cupreous, cuprous, dapple,
     dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, dense, diamondlike, dingy,
     dismal, doughty, dour, dove-colored, dove-gray, dreary, dull, dure,
     dusty, ferrous, ferruginous, firm, fixed, flintlike, flinty,
     forceful, forcible, forcy, full-blooded, full-strength, gilt,
     glaucescent, glaucous, gold, gold-filled, gold-plated, golden,
     granitelike, granitic, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored,
     gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white,
     grayed, grayish, grey, grim, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly,
     gutsy, gutty, hale, hard, hard as nails, hard-core, hardened,
     hardhearted, hardy, hearty, hefty, horny, husky, immovable,
     immutable, impervious, implacable, impliable, indurate, indurated,
     inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, insensitive, intransigent,
     inured, iron, iron-gray, iron-hard, ironlike, irreconcilable,
     lapideous, lead, lead-gray, leaden, lithoid, lithoidal, livid,
     loyal, lusty, marble, marblelike, mercurial, mercurous, mighty,
     mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, nervy, nickel, nickelic,
     nickeline, obdurate, obstinate, osseous, pachydermatous, pearl,
     pearl-gray, pearly, pewter, pewtery, potent, powerful,
     proof against, puissant, quicksilver, red-blooded, relentless,
     resistant, resistive, rigid, rigorous, robust, robustious,
     rock-ribbed, rocklike, rocky, rugged, sad, set, settled, silver,
     silver-gray, silver-plated, silvered, silvery, slate-colored,
     slaty, smoke-gray, smoky, sober, solid, somber, sot, stalwart,
     staunch, steadfast, steady, steel, steel-gray, steeled against,
     steellike, stern, stiff, stone-colored, stonelike, stony, stout,
     strapping, strong, strong as brandy, strong as strong,
     strong-willed, sturdy, taupe, thick-skinned, tin, tinny, tough,
     true, unaffected, unalterable, unbending, unchangeable,
     uncompromising, undeflectable, unflappable, ungiving, unmoved,
     unrelenting, unshaken, unswerving, unyielding, vigorous