The meaning of Steely

adjective

Showing or having an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

Usage examples:

His callous comments about the murder made me shiver

noun

Variant spelling of callus.

noun

A thickened and hardened part of the skin or soft tissue, especially in an area that has been subjected to friction.

idiom

Having a body temperature that is not internally regulated

adjective

Denoting animals whose body temperature varies with that of the environment (e.g. fish); poikilothermic.

Usage examples:

Crocodiles are cold-blooded creatures, and they keep their temperature constant by basking in the s…

adjective

Without emotion or pity; deliberately cruel or callous.

Usage examples:

A cold-blooded murder

adjective

Having or showing a lack of care for others

Usage examples:

She said that the city’s decision to close the homeless shelter was cold-hearted.

adjective

Wilfully causing pain or suffering to others, or feeling no concern about it.

Usage examples:

People who are cruel to animals

verb

Spoil or ruin (an opportunity or a chance of success).

Usage examples:

Ernie nearly cruelled the whole thing by laughing

adjective

Extremely unkind and intentionally causing pain

Usage examples:

Her classmates made some cruel remarks., is the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment?, i thin…

adjective

Having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure.

Usage examples:

The bed should be reasonably firm, but not too hard

verb

Make more solid or resilient.

Usage examples:

How can i firm up a sagging bustline?

adverb

In a resolute and determined manner.

Usage examples:

The chancellor has held firm to tough economic policies

adjective

Of a colour intermediate between black and white, as of ashes or lead.

Usage examples:

Grey flannel trousers

noun

Grey colour or pigment.

Usage examples:

Dirty intermediate tones of grey

verb

(especially of hair) become grey with age.

Usage examples:

He had put on weight and greyed somewhat

adjective

Solid, firm, and rigid; not easily broken, bent, or pierced.

Usage examples:

The slate broke on the hard floor

adverb

With a great deal of effort.

Usage examples:

They work hard at school

noun

(of a consonant) pronounced as a velar plosive (as c in cat, g in go ).

adjective

Not kind or sympathetic toward other people

adjective

Unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses.

Usage examples:

Drenched in a harsh white neon light

adjective

Unkind or cruel or uncivil

adjective

Unkind or cruel

Usage examples:

Harsh criticism, a harsh winter, harsh lighting

adjective

Displaying a complete lack of feeling or consideration.

Usage examples:

Heartless thieves stole the pushchair of a two-year-old boy

adjective

Cruel or unkind

Usage examples:

She denounced the cutbacks on aid to the poor as heartless and shortsighted policies.

adjective

Showing no mercy.

Usage examples:

A merciless attack with a blunt instrument

adjective

Showing no kindness; cruel

Usage examples:

A merciless enemy, he was teased mercilessly at school.

adjective

Showing no pity; cruel.

Usage examples:

A pitiless executioner

adjective

Without mercy or sympathy

adjective

Having or showing no pity

Usage examples:

A pitiless dictator

adjective

Unceasingly intense.

Usage examples:

The relentless heat of the desert

adjective

Unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible.

Usage examples:

A seat of rigid orange plastic

noun

A lorry which is not articulated.

adjective

Having or showing no pity or compassion for others.

Usage examples:

A ruthless manipulator

adjective

Without mercy or pity

adjective

Cruel, or determined to succeed without caring about others

Usage examples:

A ruthless ruler, to compete abroad requires ruthless cost-cutting at home.

adjective

(of something bad or undesirable) very great; intense.

Usage examples:

A severe shortage of technicians

adjective

Causing great pain, difficulty, damage, etc.; very serious

Usage examples:

A severe earthquake, the family faced severe challenges when he lost his job., severe criticism

noun

A dark grey colour

Usage examples:

The sky turned steel grey., a steel-grey suit

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

Usage examples:

A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

Usage examples:

When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

Usage examples:

Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

adjective

Covered with or full of small pieces of rock.

Usage examples:

Rough stony paths

adjective

Containing a lot of stones

Usage examples:

The ground was too stony to be used as a farm., though we begged him, he gave us a stony look and t…

verb

(of something soft or elastic) be made or be capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking.

Usage examples:

My jumper stretched in the wash

noun

An act of stretching one's limbs or body.

Usage examples:

I got up and had a stretch

noun

A continuous area or expanse of land or water.

Usage examples:

A treacherous stretch of road

adjective

Stretched or pulled tight; not slack.

Usage examples:

The fabric stays taut without adhesive

adjective

Stretched tightly; tight

Usage examples:

She tightened the strings of the guitar to make them taut., fig. the story is a taut (= exciting, w…

adjective

(especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid.

Usage examples:

She tried to relax her tense muscles

verb

Become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness.

Usage examples:

Her body tensed up

noun

A set of forms taken by a verb to indicate the time (and sometimes also the continuance or completeness) of the action in relation to the time of the utterance.

Usage examples:

The future tense

verb

Become tense, typically through anxiety or nervousness.

Usage examples:

Her body tensed up

adjective

(especially of a muscle) stretched tight or rigid.

Usage examples:

She tried to relax her tense muscles

adjective

Unable to relax because of nervousness, anxiety, or stimulation.

Usage examples:

He was tense with excitement

adjective

Having firm and well-defined muscles.

Usage examples:

Her toned physique

verb

Give greater strength or firmness to (the body or a muscle).

Usage examples:

Push-ups help tone your abs

adjective

(of a body) firm and strong

Usage examples:

Low-toned mutterings could be heard in the next room.

adjective

Unsympathetic, harsh, or callous.

Usage examples:

My mother is a cold, unfeeling woman

adjective

Not feeling sympathy for other people’s suffering

Usage examples:

An unfeeling man

adjective

Not willing to forgive or excuse people's faults or wrongdoings.

Usage examples:

He was always a proud and unforgiving man

adjective

Not willing to forgive people for things they do wrong

Usage examples:

My wife is unforgiving by nature., the unforgiving seas make search and rescue very difficult., sat…

adjective

Cruel or harsh; showing no mercy.

Usage examples:

Deceptively inflated incomes expose many couples to unmerciful taxes

adjective

Not feeling or showing pity.

Usage examples:

A flat, unpitying voice

adjective

Not yielding in strength, severity, or determination.

Usage examples:

The heat was unrelenting

adjective

Extremely determined; never weakening or ending

Usage examples:

Unrelenting toughness/opposition, unrelenting neglect/pollution

adjective

Merciless; severe.

Usage examples:

He is unsparing in his criticism of the arms trade

adjective

Showing no kindness and no wish to hide the unpleasant truth

Usage examples:

The documentary went through all the graphic details of the operation in unsparing detail., last of…