Compressed vs Steely - What's the difference?
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Pressed tightly together.
Flattened, especially when along its entire length.
(compress)
Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hard and resolute.
* Sir Philip Sidney
Made of steel.
* Shakespeare
* Gay
Compressed is a related term of steely.
As adjectives the difference between compressed and steely
is that compressed is pressed tightly together while steely is having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hard and resolute.As a verb compressed
is (compress).compressed
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*steely
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(er)- The bully backed down before his steely gaze.
- Steely grey hair.
- She would unarm her noble heart of that steely resistance against the sweet blows of love.
- Broach'd with the steely point of Clifford's lance.
- Around his shop the steely sparkles flew.