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Webster 1913 Edition
Steely
Steel′y
(-y̆)
, Adj.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Steely
STEELY
,Adj.
1.
Made of steel; consisting of steel.Broachd with the steely point of Cliffords lance.
Around his shop the steely sparkles flew.
2.
Hard; firm.That she would unarm her noble heart of that steely resistance against the sweet blows of love.
Definition 2024
steely
steely
English
Adjective
steely (comparative steelier, superlative steeliest)
- Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hard and resolute.
- The bully backed down before his steely gaze.
- steely grey hair
- Sir Philip Sidney
- She would unarm her noble heart of that steely resistance against the sweet blows of love.
- Made of steel.
- Shakespeare
- Broach'd with the steely point of Clifford's lance.
- Gay
- Around his shop the steely sparkles flew.
- Shakespeare