steely
IPA: stˈiɫi
noun
- A surname.
adjective
- Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hard and resolute.
- Made of steel.
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Examples of "steely" in Sentences
- Katie set her jaw, and her expression grew steely.
- Joseph Small, pilot of the Bronco OV 10 plane that crashed as it returned from a mission, watched in steely silence.
- It is hard to imagine four more successful, intelligent, and tough - or to use the press description, 'steely' - women than Hillary Clinton, Jenny Sanford,
- Hardly had Jawamard made an end of his verses when there came out upon him from among the trees a horseman of terrible mien covered and clad in steely sheen, who cried out to him, saying,
- It is hard to imagine four more successful, intelligent, and tough - or to use the press description, 'steely' - women than Hillary Clinton, Jenny Sanford, Elizabeth Edwards, and Silda Spitzer.
- al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, was killed in Yemen, Mr Obama said, his jaw clenched in an expression of steely resolve that was familiar from the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's demise at the start of May.
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