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What is the adjective for steely?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb steel which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

steel
  1. Made of steel.
  2. Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
  3. (business) Of or belonging to the manufacture or trade in steel.
  4. (medicine) Containing steel.
  5. (printing) Engraved on steel.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. iron, strong, robust, sturdy, hearty, firm, vigorous, tough, solid, lusty, stout, forceful, rigid, hard, inflexible, adamant, steely, heavy, thick, unbreakable, adamantine, rock hard, hard as nails, stiff, unyielding, unmalleable, hardened, stiffened, inelastic, taut, unbendable, impliable, unflexible, unbending, immalleable, nonflexible, starched, non-flexible, solidified, compact, set, frozen, rocklike, compacted, dense, stony, tight, concentrated, unpliable, tense … more
steely
  1. Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hard and resolute.
  2. Made of steel.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. hard, rigid, stiff, firm, hardened, solid, stiffened, sturdy, tough, adamantine, immalleable, impliable, inflexible, rugged, strong, unmalleable, unyielding, compact, granite, iron, stony, impenetrable, unbreakable, solidified, impermeable, set, concentrated, thick, frozen, really hard, taut, robust, as hard as stone, as hard as iron, compacted, dense, congealed, inelastic, rocklike, impervious, concrete, non-flexible, rock-hard, rock-solid, very hard, heavy, compressed, close-grained, condensed, unbendable … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “It is, therefore, an important desideratum to combine the hardness of a steely surface with the toughness of an iron body.”
      “Becoming a lawyer is a difficult, long-term process that requires a steely determination to complete successfully.”
      “Drake gave Hawke a steely stare that Hawke returned without so much as a blink.”
steellike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of steel.
steelless
  1. Without steel.
steelier
  1. comparative form of steely: more steely
  2. Synonyms:
      3. harder, rigider, stiffer, firmer, sturdier, tougher, ruggeder, stronger, stonier, more hardened, more solid, more adamantine, more immalleable, more impliable, more inflexible, more unmalleable, more unyielding, more compact, more unbreakable, more impermeable, more set, more concentrated, thicker, more frozen, tauter, robuster, more compacted, denser, more congealed, more inelastic, more rocklike, more impervious, more concrete, more rock-hard, heavier, more compressed, more condensed, more resistant, more unbendable, more walkable, more unflexible, more unbending, more durable, more unpliable, more substantial, more indurate, rockier, more rock-like, more renitent, more starched … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He is one of those characters the more criticism he gets, the steelier he gets, the more determined he gets.”
      “Also on the gray scale, this is a steelier tone, but it, too, has a timeless quality to it.”
      “The more I get flogged, the more they jail me, the steelier my will to fight for human rights becomes.”
steeliest
  1. superlative form of steely: most steely
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hardest, rigidest, stiffest, firmest, sturdiest, toughest, ruggedest, strongest, stoniest, most hardened, most solid, most adamantine, most immalleable, most impliable, most inflexible, most unmalleable, most unyielding, most compact, most unbreakable, most impermeable, most set, most concentrated, thickest, most frozen, tautest, robustest, most compacted, densest, most congealed, most inelastic, most rocklike, most impervious, most concrete, most rock-hard, heaviest, most compressed, most condensed, most resistant, most unbendable, most walkable, most unflexible, most unbending, most durable, most unpliable, most substantial, most indurate, rockiest, most renitent, most rock-like, most starched … more
steeled
  1. simple past tense and past participle of steel
  2. Synonyms:
      3. encouraged, inspired, inspirited, emboldened, heartened, animated, rallied, cheered, reinforced, girded, girt, prepared, buoyed up, bucked up, cheered up, chirked up, bore up, borne up, invigorated, strengthened, galvanized, motivated, galvanised, envigorated, spurred, stimulated, roused, fortified, braced, stirred, psyched up, energized, incited, buoyed, exhilarated, boosted, energised, readied, enlivened, nerved, uplifted, vitalized, instigated, aroused, spurred on, got ready, excited, sparked, geared up, swayed … more
steeling
  1. present participle of steel
  2. Synonyms:
      3. encouraging, inspiring, inspiriting, emboldening, heartening, animating, rallying, cheering, reinforcing, girding, preparing, buoying up, bucking up, cheering up, chirking up, bearing up, invigorating, strengthening, galvanizing, motivating, galvanising, envigorating, spurring, stimulating, rousing, fortifying, bracing, stirring, psyching up, energizing, inciting, buoying, exhilarating, boosting, energising, readying, enlivening, nerving, driving, uplifting, vitalizing, instigating, arousing, spurring on, getting ready, exciting, sparking, gearing up, swaying, goading … more
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