Associations to the word «Steely»

Wiktionary

STEELY, adjective. Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hard and resolute.
STEELY, adjective. Made of steel.
STEELY IRON, noun. A compound of iron containing less than 0.5 percent carbon.

Dictionary definition

STEELY, adjective. Resembling steel as in hardness; "steely eyes"; "steely nerves like those of a steeplejack".
STEELY, adjective. Resembling steel in hardness.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope