What does steelily mean?
Steelily means In a steely way..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
In a steely way..
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).
My aunt looked at her daughter; brilliant of complexion, coldly and steelily handsome at eighteen—why should she not have admirers?
'Meat,' he said steelily. 'I was right. It was a bloody butcher's knife that bastard tried to rearrange me with.'
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Steelily means In a steely way..
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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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