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steelily

adv · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

In a steely way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 2016, Anne Fogarty, Chapter 1: ‘A World of Hotels and Gaols’, Paige Reynolds (editor), Modernist Afterlives in Irish Literature and Culture, Wimbledon Publishing Company (Anthem Press), page 19, As she steelily lives through the death of Christy, she recognizes that she herself now moves irretrievably 'in a world of hotels and gaols' (145).

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History

Etymology

From steely + -ly.