資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Steely \Steel"y\, a.
   1. Made of steel; consisting of steel. ``The steely point of
      Clifford's lance.'' --Shak.

            Around his shop the steely sparkles flew. --Gay.

   2. Resembling steel; hard; firm; having the color of steel.
      ``His hair was steely gray.'' --The Century.

            She would unarm her noble heart of that steely
            resistance against the sweet blows of love. --Sir P.
                                                  Sidney.

   {Steely iron}, a compound of iron containing less than one
      half of one per cent of carbon.