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- adjective
comparative form ofsteely : moresteely
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Examples
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A steelier, stiffer speech came from the Lib Dems 'Rumpolian David Howarth, who said that we weren't interested in knowing which Cabinet ministers said what.
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But Zvonereva is cooler, steadier, steelier and the longer the match went on, the more the Bulgarian began to fray.
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But a glossier finish and a steelier edge belie Duffy's expanded ambitions.
Duffy: Endlessly – review Kitty Empire 2010
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The large blue has a lighter, steelier tone than, say, the adonis, which has a shinier, sky-blue hue.
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But if the face that Literary Death Match presents to the public is determinedly chaotic and endearingly amateurish, then its rise demonstrates a rather steelier business acumen.
The new wave of literary events Alex Clark 2010
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Perhaps all my Wii Boxing will make me steelier, maybe even dance like a butterfly or sting like a bee did I get the words right there?
Fun and Exercise Kirsty 2008
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When skeptics challenged that image, however, Mandela made no effort to soften his steelier side.
Mandela 2008
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It's one of the unjustices of life that good-looking girls can be steelier -- much moreso than plainer or older women, because a lot of men tolerate it better without the label of "nutcracker".
Live-blogging night 3 -- Sarah Palin alert! -- of the Republican Convention. Ann Althouse 2008
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There were singers with bigger, steelier, richer voices, but in her combination of talents and in her range of repertoire, she was just about peerless.
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But even people with steelier nerves than my own will find an Edinburgh ghost tour a fright fest.
Enchanting Edinburgh 2007
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