# steely

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstiːli/ · frequency rank #36,352

## Definitions
1. Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hardness and resoluteness.
2. Made of steel.

## Etymology
From steel + -y.

## Easily confused with
- **steep** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-steep)
- **steer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-steer)
- **steen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-steen)
- **surely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-surely)
- **stella** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-stella)
- **steers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-steers)
- **sweety** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-sweety)
- **sweetly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-sweetly)
- **steeply** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-steeply)
- **steeple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-steeple)
- **sternly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steely-vs-sternly)
- **steel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steel-vs-steely)
- **steal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steal-vs-steely)
- **steed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steed-vs-steely)
- **seedy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seedy-vs-steely)
- **steady** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steady-vs-steely)
- **safely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/safely-vs-steely)
- **solely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/solely-vs-steely)
- **steals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/steals-vs-steely)
- **sleepy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sleepy-vs-steely)

## Common misspellings (9)
`setely`, `ssteely`, `steelly`, `steelyy`, `steeyl`, `steley`, `stely`, `stteely`, `tseely`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/steely