| Pronunciation: | | 'steelee
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- [adj] resembling steel in hardness
- [adj] resembling steel as in hardness; "steely eyes"; "steely nerves like those of a steeplejack"
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| | Synonyms: | | hard |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Steel"y\, a.
1. Made of steel; consisting of steel. ``The steely point of
Clifford's lance.'' --Shak.
Around his shop the steely sparkles flew. --Gay.
2. Resembling steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel.
``His hair was steely gray.'' --The Century.
She would unarm her noble heart of that steely
resistance against the sweet blows of love. --Sir P.
Sidney.
{Steely iron}, a compound of iron containing less than one
half of one per cent of carbon.
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