--- title: S — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 93 description: The 2316 words of the English dictionary under S, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/93/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / S # S — The English dictionary · page 93 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* Being firm and not shaking or wobbling.[↗](../../steadiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Being regular and even, without sudden changes.[↗](../../steadiness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Being calm, sensible and reliable.[↗](../../steadiness/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Holding the tray, the waiter showed great steadiness.[↗](../../steadiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Surgeons need steadiness of hand.[↗](../../steadiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her steadiness in the crisis calmed everyone.[↗](../../steadiness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The steadiness of the rain meant the river rose slowly.[↗](../../steadiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We admired the steadiness of the tightrope walker.[↗](../../steadiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The graph shows the steadiness of the temperature all day.[↗](../../steadiness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **steady** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Firm and not shaking or wobbling, like a steady ladder or a steady hand.[↗](../../steady/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Happening at an even, regular rate without sudden changes, like steady rain or a steady speed.[↗](../../steady/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Calm and sensible, someone you can rely on.[↗](../../steady/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a verb, to steady something is to hold it so it stops moving or wobbling.[↗](../../steady/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hold the ladder steady while Dad climbs up.[↗](../../steady/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · It rained steadily all afternoon.[↗](../../steady/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The train moved at a steady speed of 80 kilometres an hour.[↗](../../steady/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hand was steady as she poured the water.[↗](../../steady/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ready, steady, go\![↗](../../steady/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He grabbed the rail to steady himself on the bus.[↗](../../steady/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant grew at a steady rate of 2 cm a week.[↗](../../steady/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Slow and steady wins the race, said the tortoise.[↗](../../steady/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Slow and steady wins the race.[↗](../../steady/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **steak** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A thick, flat slice of good meat, usually beef, cooked by grilling or frying.[↗](../../steak/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A thick slice of fish, such as a salmon or tuna steak.[↗](../../steak/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK) Cheaper chopped beef used in pies and stews: steak and kidney pie.[↗](../../steak/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Dad grilled steaks on the barbecue.[↗](../../steak/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I like my steak well done.[↗](../../steak/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We had steak and chips for Dad's birthday.[↗](../../steak/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A salmon steak is a thick slice of salmon.[↗](../../steak/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Nan makes a delicious steak pie.[↗](../../steak/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Vegetarians don't eat steak.[↗](../../steak/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cowboy ordered the biggest steak in the diner.[↗](../../steak/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He gathered a bundle of sticks for a fire, and was just preparing to cook a steak, when his enemy, the Lapp, came up, panting with haste and excitement.[↗](../../steak/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **steal** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To take something that belongs to someone else without permission and without meaning to give it back.[↗](../../steal/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To move quietly and secretly, as in she stole out of the room.[↗](../../steal/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In sport, to take the ball or a base from the other team, as in baseball or basketball.[↗](../../steal/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a noun, "a steal" means something very cheap for what it is worth.[↗](../../steal/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is wrong to steal, even something small.[↗](../../steal/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Someone stole my bike from outside the shop.[↗](../../steal/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox crept in to steal the eggs.[↗](../../steal/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She stole a quick look at the present.[↗](../../steal/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat stole silently across the garden.[↗](../../steal/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the game, Mia managed to steal the ball.[↗](../../steal/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy stole the show at the school play.[↗](../../steal/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Only five dollars for this book is a steal\![↗](../../steal/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He steals the young monkeys in the night.[↗](../../steal/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.[↗](../../steal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.19.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../steal/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · If a man steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.[↗](../../steal/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../steal/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought back unto thee out of the land of Canaan; how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?[↗](../../steal/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.44.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../steal/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; (Writings PRO.6.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../steal/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery! they break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood.[↗](../../steal/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.4.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../steal/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal My words every one from his neighbour.[↗](../../steal/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.23.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../steal/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **stealer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A stealer is a person or animal that takes things which belong to someone else.[↗](../../stealer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (A rare word for a thief.).[↗](../../stealer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox is a nut-stealer.[↗](../../stealer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A horse-stealer was caught at the gate.[↗](../../stealer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stealers came in the night and took the grain.[↗](../../stealer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **stealeth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «stealeth» means «steals», a form of «steal».[↗](../../stealeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To take something that belongs to someone else without permission and without meaning to give it back.[↗](../../stealeth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.[↗](../../stealeth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.21.16, JPS 1917) **stealth** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stealth is moving or acting quietly and secretly so that no one notices you.[↗](../../stealth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Stealth technology makes planes, ships or other machines hard to detect by radar.[↗](../../stealth/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (games) Stealth is a style of video game or play where you sneak past enemies instead of fighting.[↗](../../stealth/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat crept towards the bird with great stealth.[↗](../../stealth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The spies entered the castle by stealth.[↗](../../stealth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A stealth plane is hard to see on radar.[↗](../../stealth/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Owls hunt with stealth because their feathers make almost no sound.[↗](../../stealth/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I used stealth to get a biscuit without Mum noticing.[↗](../../stealth/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the game, stealth mode lets you sneak past guards.[↗](../../stealth/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Tigers rely on stealth, not speed, to get close.[↗](../../stealth/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people that are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.[↗](../../stealth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.19.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../stealth/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **stealthily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stealthily means quietly and secretly, so that nobody hears or sees you.[↗](../../stealthily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She crept stealthily down the stairs.[↗](../../stealthily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat moved stealthily towards the bird.[↗](../../stealthily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He opened the box stealthily.[↗](../../stealthily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **stealthy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Stealthy means quiet and secret, moving so as not to be heard or seen.[↗](../../stealthy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stealthy cat crossed the yard.[↗](../../stealthy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard stealthy steps on the stairs.[↗](../../stealthy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A stealthy thief took the purse.[↗](../../stealthy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **steam** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Steam is the hot white mist that rises from boiling water.[↗](../../steam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, steam is water as a gas (water vapour), made when water is heated to 100 °C.[↗](../../steam/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To steam means to give off steam: the soup is steaming.[↗](../../steam/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To steam food means to cook it over boiling water.[↗](../../steam/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Steam is the power from steam that drove old trains and engines.[↗](../../steam/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Steam rose from the kettle.[↗](../../steam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your hand away from the steam; it can burn you.[↗](../../steam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Water turns into steam when it boils.[↗](../../steam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom mirror was covered in drops after the steam from the shower.[↗](../../steam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum steamed the broccoli.[↗](../../steam/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We rode on an old steam train.[↗](../../steam/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The children let off steam in the playground.[↗](../../steam/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · By the end of the race, I ran out of steam.[↗](../../steam/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 41) Our author means to say that the water has a great disposition to unite itself with the caloric, thus for instance is the fire latent in steam, but the air equipoises them.[↗](../../steam/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../steam/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **steamboat** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A boat driven by a steam engine, often with a large paddle wheel, used especially on rivers in the 1800s.[↗](../../steamboat/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A steamboat can also be an imagined flying machine powered by steam.[↗](../../steamboat/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The steamboat puffed slowly up the Mississippi River.[↗](../../steamboat/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mark Twain once piloted steamboats.[↗](../../steamboat/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Steamboats carried cotton and passengers in the 1800s.[↗](../../steamboat/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mickey Mouse first whistled in "Steamboat Willie."[↗](../../steamboat/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We went on a steamboat trip on the lake.[↗](../../steamboat/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The steamboat's paddle wheel churned the water.[↗](../../steamboat/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The air steamboat flies over the country whence Columbus went forth, where Cortez was born, and where Calderon sang dramas in sounding verse.[↗](../../steamboat/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **steamer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ship or boat driven by a steam engine; a steamship.[↗](../../steamer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A pan or pot with holes in it that sits over boiling water to cook food in the steam.[↗](../../steamer/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A machine that uses steam to clean things or take creases out of clothes.[↗](../../steamer/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We sailed across the lake on an old paddle steamer.[↗](../../steamer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The steamer blew its whistle as it left the harbour.[↗](../../steamer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum cooks broccoli in a steamer so it stays green.[↗](../../steamer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The waves from the steamer rocked the little rowing boat.[↗](../../steamer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Thousands of people crossed the Atlantic on great steamers.[↗](../../steamer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dry cleaner used a steamer to smooth the wrinkled dress.[↗](../../steamer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful: steam from the steamer can burn your hand.[↗](../../steamer/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Steamer after steamer, crowded with people, glides down the Seine.[↗](../../steamer/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **steamroller** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A heavy machine with big, wide rollers that flattens roads; once powered by steam, now usually by diesel (often called a road roller).[↗](../../steamroller/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, informal) To force something through or defeat someone easily with great power, ignoring objections.[↗](../../steamroller/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, figurative) A force that crushes all opposition.[↗](../../steamroller/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The steamroller flattened the new road.[↗](../../steamroller/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cartoon cat was squashed flat by a steamroller.[↗](../../steamroller/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team steamrollered their opponents 8–0.[↗](../../steamroller/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The boss steamrollered the plan through the meeting.[↗](../../steamroller/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Old steamrollers puff smoke at the vintage show.[↗](../../steamroller/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched the steamroller go slowly back and forth.[↗](../../steamroller/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **steamship** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large ship driven by a steam engine, which burns coal or oil to boil water and make steam.[↗](../../steamship/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The family sailed to Australia on a steamship.[↗](../../steamship/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Steamships did not need wind to move.[↗](../../steamship/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Titanic was a huge steamship.[↗](../../steamship/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoke poured from the steamship's funnels.[↗](../../steamship/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A steamship could cross the ocean faster than a sailing ship.[↗](../../steamship/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum has a model of an old steamship.[↗](../../steamship/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · If a steamship travels 20 km each hour, it covers 120 km in 6 hours.[↗](../../steamship/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was his opinion that he had really made as great a journey as if he had travelled in a steamship, a railway carriage, or a post-chaise.[↗](../../steamship/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **steamy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Full of steam, the hot water vapour.[↗](../../steamy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a steamy bathroom".[↗](../../steamy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hot and wet, like the air in a rainforest.[↗](../../steamy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a steamy jungle".[↗](../../steamy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bathroom was steamy after my shower.[↗](../../steamy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The windows were steamy, so I drew a smiley face.[↗](../../steamy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rainforest is hot and steamy.[↗](../../steamy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A steamy bowl of soup sat on the table.[↗](../../steamy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitchen got steamy while the pasta cooked.[↗](../../steamy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Open a window to let the steamy air out.[↗](../../steamy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **steed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use, in fairy tales and legends) A steed is a horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides.[↗](../../steed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides.[↗](../../steed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The knight mounted his steed.[↗](../../steed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The steed galloped over the hill.[↗](../../steed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The steeds raced across the plain.[↗](../../steed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.[↗](../../steed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.1.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../steed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where it should be, every man according to his charge.[↗](../../steed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.5.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../steed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bind the chariots to the swift steeds, O inhabitant of Lachish; she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel are found in thee.[↗](../../steed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.1.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../steed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Gallop on, gallop on, my pretty steed\![↗](../../steed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (The Adventures of Pinocchio) · Scentest thou some ill?’[↗](../../steed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") The steed replied:[↗](../../steed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (The Red Fairy Book) · "Ha!" cried one, "it is the miser's steed.[↗](../../steed/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Fifty Famous Stories Retold) **steel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very strong, hard metal made mostly from iron mixed with a little carbon, used for bridges, cars, tools, pans and cutlery.[↗](../../steel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* As a verb, to steel yourself means to make yourself brave and ready for something hard or scary.[↗](../../steel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bridge is made of steel and concrete.[↗](../../steel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our kitchen sink is stainless steel.[↗](../../steel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A magnet sticks to the steel door of the fridge.[↗](../../steel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Steel is made mostly from iron.[↗](../../steel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old steel gate was covered in rust.[↗](../../steel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She steeled herself before jumping into the cold pool.[↗](../../steel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The band played music on steel drums.[↗](../../steel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Knives and forks are often made of steel.[↗](../../steel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet; the chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are made to quiver.[↗](../../steel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets NAM.2.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../steel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **steelman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To steelman someone's argument is to describe it in its strongest, fairest form before you answer it, even if you disagree.[↗](../../steelman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A steelman is that strongest version of the other side's argument.[↗](../../steelman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rare, old) A steelman can also be a man who works making steel.[↗](../../steelman/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Before you disagree, try to steelman your friend's idea.[↗](../../steelman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's steelman the argument for a longer school day.[↗](../../steelman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She steelmanned the other team's point so well that they thanked her.[↗](../../steelman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A straw man makes the other side look silly; a steelman makes it look its best.[↗](../../steelman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In our debate club we must steelman before we argue back.[↗](../../steelman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you steelman why some people want to ban phones in schools?[↗](../../steelman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Steelmanning helps you find the truth instead of just winning.[↗](../../steelman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **steelworks** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A steelworks is a factory where steel is made from iron and other materials, using huge furnaces.[↗](../../steelworks/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My grandad worked at the steelworks for forty years.[↗](../../steelworks/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The steelworks glowed orange at night.[↗](../../steelworks/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The town was sad when the steelworks closed.[↗](../../steelworks/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In science we learned how a steelworks turns iron into steel.[↗](../../steelworks/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There are two steelworks near the coast.[↗](../../steelworks/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old steelworks is now a museum.[↗](../../steelworks/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **steely** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made of steel, or grey and shiny like steel.[↗](../../steely/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Hard, strong and determined; not showing soft feelings: «a steely stare», «steely determination».[↗](../../steely/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She gave him a steely look and he stopped talking.[↗](../../steely/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The sky was a steely grey before the storm.[↗](../../steely/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · With steely determination, she finished the race.[↗](../../steely/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain spoke in a steely voice.[↗](../../steely/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Badger had a steely glint in his eye before the battle.[↗](../../steely/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea looked steely and cold.[↗](../../steely/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Cecco,” he said in his most steely voice, “go back and fetch me out that doodle-doo.”[↗](../../steely/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) … [92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/92/) **93** [94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/page/94/) … 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