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steely
adjective as in cold-blooded
adjective as in flinty
Strongest match
adjective as in icy
adjective as in inalterable
Strong match
Weak matches
- adamant
- adamantine
- determined
- dogged
- dyed-in-the-wool
- firm
- fixed
- hard
- hard-and-fast
- immovable
- immutable
- implacable
- indomitable
- inexorable
- intractable
- invariable
- iron
- ironclad
- obdurate
- obstinate
- relentless
- resolute
- rigid
- rigorous
- set
- set in one's ways
- single-minded
- stand one's ground
- staunch
- steadfast
- stiff
- strict
- stringent
- unadaptable
- unbending
- unchangeable
- uncompliant
- uncompromising
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
adjective as in inflexible
Strongest matches
adjective as in iron
adjective as in stern
Strong matches
adjective as in stiff
Example Sentences
The U.S. could use leaders of his competence and steely principle today.
The pigeon gazed up at the robot with a steely look in her eye.
But this scorched earth approach to Andrew's future might also show an unexpectedly steely side to the King.
When the first ball of the match pinged out of the middle of Wolvaardt's bat off to the cover boundary, it felt ominous and the unassuming but steely look of determination never left her face.
“I agree,” she insists over and over again, with steely cheer that bends Teddy and Don’s resolve.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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