Steely vs Inflexible - What's the difference?
steely | inflexible | Related terms |
Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hard and resolute.
* Sir Philip Sidney
Made of steel.
* Shakespeare
* Gay
Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits; obstinate; stubborn; resolute; determined.
Steely is a related term of inflexible.
As adjectives the difference between steely and inflexible
is that steely is having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hard and resolute while inflexible is not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.steely
English
Adjective
(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.