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steely

[ stee-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, steel·i·er, steel·i·est.

Origin of steely¹

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

Its biggest asset, of course, is the steely Atwell, who never asks you to feel sorry for Carter despite all the sexism around her.

Gone are the wild-eyed revolutionaries in Donetsk and Luhansk, replaced by steely-eyed bureaucrats and seasoned combat veterans.

So, people sped by the models less out of puritanical deference to the naked bodies, but to keep up their steely reputations.

With a soft smile and a shrug that belied by his steely eyes, he replied, “Start another.”

She's a steely ingenue, a fair-faced heroine, a leading lady.

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

His hand flashed out and grasped the other's wrist in a steely grip.

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.

It remedies matters when you have some one to fight for you, asserted Ronny, her gray eyes steely with purpose.

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