Definition for Steely:

• Having the character or qualities of steel.

Synonyms for Steely:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • steely.
  •cold-blooded (adjective)
  • hardened,
  • relentless,
  • uncompassionate,
  • imperturbable,
  • barbarous,
  • pitiless,
  • Stony-hearted,
  • unfeeling,
  • hard-boiled,
  • savage,
  • obdurate,
  • callous,
  • ruthless,
  • unemotional,
  • brutal,
  • dispassionate,
  • cold,
  • merciless,
  • inhuman,
  • matter-of-fact,
  • unmoved.
  •flinty (adjective)
  • firm,
  • unyielding,
  • rigid,
  • hard,
  • unsympathetic,
  • flinty,
  • stony,
  • cruel.
  •icy (adjective)
  • forbidding,
  • chill,
  • frosty,
  • hostile,
  • emotionless,
  • distant,
  • indifferent,
  • unfriendly,
  • glacial,
  • frigid.
  •resolute (adjective)
  • willing,
  • true,
  • determined,
  • loyal,
  • tenacious,
  • fearless,
  • courageous,
  • devoted,
  • serious,
  • zealous,
  • diligent,
  • bold,
  • tough,
  • reliable,
  • bullheaded,
  • persevering,
  • dogged,
  • intent,
  • stern,
  • steady,
  • decided,
  • dedicated,
  • valiant,
  • constant,
  • insistent,
  • iron-willed,
  • set,
  • unshakeable,
  • hearty,
  • strong-minded,
  • unflinching,
  • strong-willed,
  • plucky,
  • unchangeable,
  • uncompromising,
  • faithful,
  • decisive,
  • resolute,
  • resolved,
  • spunky,
  • stubborn,
  • thorough,
  • indefatigable,
  • dauntless,
  • inexorable,
  • headstrong,
  • steadfast,
  • staunch,
  • deliberate,
  • unbending,
  • indomitable,
  • unwavering,
  • earnest,
  • committed,
  • persistent,
  • implacable,
  • tireless.
  •stern (adjective)
  • hard-core,
  • Hard-shell,
  • unsparing,
  • mortified,
  • mulish,
  • astringent,
  • austere,
  • bitter,
  • severe,
  • hard-line,
  • frowning,
  • harsh,
  • ascetic,
  • rough,
  • grim,
  • disciplinary,
  • hard-nosed,
  • hardheaded.
  •stiff (adjective)
  • stark,
  • ossified,
  • contracted,
  • resistant,
  • solid,
  • indurate,
  • inelastic,
  • Incompliant,
  • frozen,
  • congealed,
  • annealed,
  • petrified,
  • tense,
  • graceless,
  • mechanical,
  • chilled,
  • solidified,
  • refractory,
  • ungraceful,
  • Numbed,
  • unsupple,
  • wooden,
  • brittle,
  • benumbed,
  • Cemented,
  • jelled,
  • taut,
  • thickened,
  • tight,
  • starchy,
  • Immalleable.
  •stonyhearted (adjective)
  • compassionless,
  • heartless,
  • hardhearted,
  • coldhearted,
  • Cold-hearted.

• n.

  •
  • motivated,
  • driven,
  • ambitious,
  • competitive,
  • purposeful,
  • sedulous.
  •
  • avocado,
  • alabaster,
  • beige,
  • blue,
  • amethyst,
  • amber,
  • bluish,
  • baby blue,
  • black,
  • azure.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • arthritic,
  • buckram,
  • cold-blooded,
  • creaky,
  • ferric,
  • ferrous,
  • icy,
  • inalterable,
  • inflexible,
  • iron,
  • rheumatic,
  • stiff,
  • stiff-necked,
  • stonyhearted,
  • unadaptable,
  • Hard-hearted,
  • Impliable,
  • Unflexible,
  • matter of fact,
  • hard line,
  • hard core,
  • Starched,
  • Steeler,
  • creakier,
  • hardboiled,
  • unwelcoming,
  • coldblooded,
  • singleminded,
  • stand one's ground,
  • by the book,
  • hang-tough,
  • hard shell,
  • hardnosed,
  • set in one's ways,
  • stiff as a board.

Antonyms for Steely:

• adj.

  • cold-blooded
    warm-blooded, feeling, demonstrative, merciful, nice, sympathetic, friendly, compassionate, kind, gentle, giving.
  • icy
    warm, hot, amicable, watery, unfrozen.
  • inflexible
    pliable, easy-going, willing, resilient, lenient, yielding, bendable, reasonable, submissive, soft, elastic, amenable, pliant, tolerant, flexible, cooperative, irresolute.
  • iron
    supple, moving, loose, weak, slight.
  • stern
    light, smiling, funny.
  • stiff
    casual, informal, slack, graceful, calm, indefinite, moderate, normal, bending.
  • Other antonyms:
    tranquil, bland, varicolored, goofy, cheerful, mild, glad, quiet, happy, light-headed, polychrome, colorful, featherbrained, scatterbrained, soothing, polychromatic, motley, easy, agreeable, mirthful, harebrained, rich, pleasing, sweet, meek, giddy, benign, flighty, pleasant, chromatic, silly, variegated, tender, benignant, merry, ablaze, deep, playful, multicolored, colored, inviting, sunny, lighthearted, frivolous, bright, mellow.

• Other antonyms:

  • n.
    diffuse, diffused.

Steely Sentence Examples:

• If it bite hard and steely, the malt is bad.

• The fell - sides were red with withered fern; their round or craggy tops showed white against a steely sky; down the withered copses by the stream, the north wind swept; a golden oak showered its dead leaf upon her.

Homophones for Steely:

• systole, study hall, seidel, stale, stilwell, sightly, schedule, settle, steal away, St. Leo I, shot hole, saddle, stoolie, statute title, sadly, stall, shuttle, staidly, stella, stele, sea dahlia, sedalia, sweetly, saxatile, stael, stealey, steel, steeley, skedaddle, stile, sweet oil, still, statute law, suicidal, swaddle, sidle, seattle, steadily, steal, steel wool, stilly, stole, skittle alley, scuttle, staddle, sitwell, stela, steele, sedately, style, societal, sweet wattle, sidewall, sagittal, stately, skittle, stool.