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Steels vs Steely - What's the difference?

steels | steely |

As a noun steels

is plural of steel.

As a verb steels

is third-person singular of steel.

As an adjective steely is

having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hard and resolute.

steels

English

Noun

(head)
  • (financial) stocks or stock quotations concerning steel-manufacturing companies
  • skates

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (steel)

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    steely

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hard and resolute.
    • The bully backed down before his steely gaze.
    Steely grey hair.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
    • She would unarm her noble heart of that steely resistance against the sweet blows of love.
  • Made of steel.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Broach'd with the steely point of Clifford's lance.
  • * Gay
    • Around his shop the steely sparkles flew.

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