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   steely

   /ˈstiːli/

   adjective

   • 1. resembling steel in colour, brightness, or strength: "a steely blue" Similar blue-greygreysteel-colouredsteel-greyiron-greyharshhardfirmtonedrigidstifftensetensedtautstretchedOpposite softflabby
   • 2. coldly determined; hard: "there was a steely edge to his questions" Similar cruelunfeelingmercilessruthlesspitilessheartlesshard-heartedhardstonycold-bloodedcold-heartedharshcalloussevereunmercifulunrelentingrelentlessunpityingunsparingunforgivinguncaringunsympatheticuncharitablelacking compassionremorselessunbendingunmovedinflexibleinexorableimplacableunremittingliterary:adamantinerare:marble-heartedresolutefirmfixedsteadfastdoggedsingle-mindedbitterburningfieryferociousfiercefanaticalfuriousruthlessinflexibleirongranitestonygrimgrittygutsyunquenchableunflinchingunswervingunfalteringuntiringunwaveringunyieldingundauntedOpposite kindhalf-hearted

   Derivatives

   • 1. steeliness noun

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