- steely
- adjective1)
steely light
Syn:blue-gray, gray, steel-colored, steel-gray, iron-gray2)steely muscles
Syn:hard, firm, toned, rigid, stiff, tense, tensed, tautAnt:flabby3)steely eyes
Syn:cruel, unfeeling, merciless, ruthless, pitiless, heartless, hard-hearted, hard, stony, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, harsh, callous, severe, unrelenting, unpitying, unforgiving, uncaring, unsympathetic; literary adamantineAnt:kind4)steely determination
Syn:resolute, firm, steadfast, dogged, single-minded; bitter, burning, ferocious, fanatical; ruthless, iron, grim, gritty; unquenchable, unflinching, unswerving, unfaltering, untiring, unwaveringAnt:halfhearted
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