adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a steely gaze (= a determined look )
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He fixed a steely gaze on his opponent.
dogged/steely/grim determination (= very strong determination )
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As a politician she was known for her dogged determination.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
determination
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During their time together, Rigby recognised the steely determination Gedge applied to the group.
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Howard Saddler plays Cassius with steely determination , persuasive in his arguments that initially draw Brutus into the conspiracy.
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Then she saw the look of steely determination in his eyes and knew he was more than capable of it.
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But her steely determination to make her way in a cruel world has done its own damage.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A steely haze hung over the factory.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But her steely determination to make her way in a cruel world has done its own damage.
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By now Dad was sixty-five, and what little lenience he may once have possessed had long since hardened into steely inflexibility.
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He had a steely streak but his morals and scruples were beyond reproach.
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He was tall and sinewy, and his fingers gripped her arms with a steely strength.
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Howard Saddler plays Cassius with steely determination, persuasive in his arguments that initially draw Brutus into the conspiracy.
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Lord Halifax was a cold fish, a man of steely rectitude, a religious man.
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No detectable makeup clutters a face that can go steely with the certainty of design convictions.