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Steely

/stˈili/
B2
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(adj) Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hardness and resoluteness.

He transfixed me with two sharp, steely eyes.
Tom is already an old man with steely grey hair.
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She gave him a ____ look when he tried to make yet another excuse for why he was so late for the meeting.

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