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Definition of Steeliest
1. steely [adj] - See also: steely
Lexicographical Neighbors of Steeliest
Literary usage of Steeliest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"The steeliest gradient is 1 in 12, and on this gradient, and down to 1 in 20, a
third rail is laid in the centre of the way, raised about 9 inches above the ..."
2. The Uprising of the Many by Charles Edward Russell (1907)
"Of all the people in the world the Japanese have the steeliest temper. To lose
in anger or bitterness the serenity of one's self-control is in Japanese eyes ..."
3. History of the First Maine Cavalry, 1861-1865 by Edward Parsons Tobie (1887)
"Finding them troublesome in our front, we moved to the Hank and over and down
some of the steeliest hills we had seen in that part of Virginia, ..."
4. The Lord of Creation by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (1904)
"rise up and call him blessed, and he shall be a lamp and an exemplar to, the
husbands of all the generations to come. When I say in my steeliest tones that ..."
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