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.
  •inalterable (adjective)
  • ironclad,
  • unalterable,
  • invariable.
  •inflexible (adjective)
  • Unswayable,
  • dogged,
  • intractable,
  • single-minded,
  • uncompliant,
  • stringent,
  • set,
  • immutable,
  • rigorous,
  • adamantine,
  • resolute,
  • inexorable,
  • unrelenting,
  • steadfast,
  • uncompromising,
  • implacable,
  • indomitable,
  • staunch,
  • adamant,
  • strict,
  • immovable,
  • hard-and-fast,
  • unbending,
  • fixed,
  • obstinate,
  • unchangeable,
  • dyed-in-the-wool,
  • determined.
  •iron (adjective)
  • heavy,
  • thick,
  • steel,
  • robust,
  • stubborn,
  • insensible,
  • strong,
  • dense.
  •resolute (adjective)
  • reliable,
  • willing,
  • hearty,
  • unwavering,
  • bold,
  • tireless,
  • unflinching,
  • dedicated,
  • unshakeable,
  • faithful,
  • intent,
  • earnest,
  • resolved,
  • strong-willed,
  • spunky,
  • indefatigable,
  • strong-minded,
  • persevering,
  • headstrong,
  • committed,
  • fearless,
  • devoted,
  • deliberate,
  • decisive,
  • tenacious,
  • valiant,
  • courageous,
  • plucky,
  • diligent,
  • thorough,
  • decided,
  • steady,
  • bullheaded,
  • stern,
  • zealous,
  • tough,
  • loyal,
  • true,
  • serious,
  • persistent,
  • iron-willed,
  • insistent,
  • dauntless,
  • constant.
  •stern (adjective)
  • hard-line,
  • bitter,
  • astringent,
  • mortified,
  • Hard-shell,
  • hard-core,
  • disciplinary,
  • ascetic,
  • hardheaded,
  • frowning,
  • hard-nosed.
  •stiff (adjective)
  • chilled,
  • benumbed,
  • jelled,
  • ossified,
  • brittle,
  • wooden,
  • tense,
  • congealed,
  • mechanical,
  • taut,
  • thickened,
  • annealed,
  • starchy,
  • graceless,
  • tight,
  • Numbed,
  • ungraceful,
  • frozen,
  • contracted,
  • unsupple,
  • Incompliant,
  • Immalleable,
  • Cemented.
  •stonyhearted (adjective)
  • coldhearted,
  • compassionless.

• n.

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

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • impervious,
  • Ferruginous,
  • impregnable,
  • unrelieved,
  • stalwart,
  • unapproachable,
  • unforgiving,
  • pearl,
  • grey,
  • puissant,
  • irreconcilable,
  • condensed,
  • stark,
  • brazen,
  • robustious,
  • gruff,
  • pigheaded,
  • undeviating,
  • critical,
  • hale,
  • leathery,
  • unsparing,
  • Stoney,
  • prim,
  • unaffected,
  • coppery,
  • leaden,
  • lusty,
  • cuprous,
  • gray-white,
  • chilly,
  • dismal,
  • silver-plated,
  • gold-plated,
  • steel gray,
  • nervy,
  • Cinereous,
  • compressed,
  • solidified,
  • standoffish,
  • vigorous,
  • unaccommodating,
  • Nickelic,
  • freezing,
  • harsh,
  • resistant,
  • rocklike,
  • severe,
  • pachydermatous,
  • unflappable,
  • stonelike,
  • grayed,
  • unstoppable,
  • Rhadamanthine,
  • powerful,
  • petrified,
  • forceful,
  • grim,
  • formal,
  • doughty,
  • sombre,
  • bony,
  • calloused,
  • sot,
  • mulish,
  • fierce,
  • settled,
  • reserved,
  • Cupreous,
  • impenetrable,
  • lead,
  • apathetic,
  • greyish,
  • ice-cold,
  • rough,
  • dapple,
  • Steeled,
  • grizzled,
  • potent,
  • unexcited,
  • uncaring,
  • austere,
  • ashen,
  • silver,
  • quicksilver,
  • mousy,
  • gutsy,
  • forcible,
  • strait-laced,
  • unshakable,
  • pearl-gray,
  • glaucous,
  • golden,
  • silvery,
  • ironlike,
  • argentine,
  • ungentle,
  • sad,
  • diamondlike,
  • Glaucescent,
  • mercurous,
  • corneous,
  • dappled,
  • inaccessible,
  • pewter,
  • rock-ribbed,
  • full-blooded,
  • copper,
  • osseous,
  • brass,
  • Gutty,
  • nickel,
  • tinny,
  • remote,
  • sturdy,
  • unswerving,
  • rugged,
  • granite,
  • slate,
  • Cemental,
  • slaty,
  • gold-filled,
  • red-blooded,
  • dreary,
  • Silvered,
  • cinerous,
  • close,
  • indurate,
  • dingy,
  • gilt,
  • chutzpadik,
  • brassy,
  • granitic,
  • concrete,
  • dove-gray,
  • dappled-gray,
  • beefy,
  • strapping,
  • horny,
  • acier,
  • unmoving,
  • grizzly,
  • aureate,
  • heartless,
  • gray,
  • gray-black,
  • authoritarian,
  • Lithoidal,
  • hefty,
  • unresponsive,
  • cast-iron,
  • bronze,
  • grizzle,
  • grayish,
  • livid,
  • dour,
  • somber,
  • Lithoid,
  • insensitive,
  • unremitting,
  • lowering,
  • gray-brown,
  • Ungiving,
  • gray-green,
  • unshaken,
  • husky,
  • dusty,
  • inured,
  • ashy,
  • unvarying,
  • demanding,
  • case-hardened,
  • Dure,
  • haughty,
  • flintlike,
  • bronzy,
  • hardhearted,
  • mighty,
  • cool,
  • unvaried,
  • stout,
  • intransigent,
  • Griseous,
  • refractory,
  • difficult,
  • unimpassioned,
  • sober,
  • Lapideous,
  • taupe,
  • Cold-hearted,
  • dull,
  • Pewtery,
  • solid,
  • smoky,
  • inelastic,
  • resistive,
  • unsentimental,
  • thick-skinned,
  • cement,
  • Nickeline,
  • marble,
  • hardy,
  • full-strength,
  • lead-gray,
  • remorseless,
  • mouse-colored,
  • pearly,
  • granitelike,
  • canescent,
  • rocky,
  • mercurial,
  • silver-gray,
  • Indurated,
  • bad,
  • tin,
  • slate-colored,
  • intimidating,
  • dapple-gray,
  • philistine,
  • unmerciful,
  • bouncing,
  • iron-gray,
  • aloof,
  • gold.

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.