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English

Adjective

steely

made from steel
having qualities resembling those of steel; hard, resolute, sometimes cruel

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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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WordNet steely
adj 1: resembling steel as in hardness; "steely eyes"; "steely
nerves like those of a steeplejack"
2: resembling steel in hardness

Moby Dictionary
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