English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “steely”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for steely is steely, with 0 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
steely
1 segments0 break points
British English pattern result steely The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordsteely
Hyphenationsteely
Break points0
Part of speechadjective
Pronunciationˈstiːli
Meaning & usage

What does “steely” mean?

steely: resembling steel in colour, brightness, or strength.

Headwordsteely
Part of speechadjective
Pronunciationˈstiːli
1
adjective

resembling steel in colour, brightness, or strength.

Example: “a steely blue”

Antonyms:
2
adjective

coldly determined; hard.

Example: “there was a steely edge to his questions”

Antonyms:
Word breaks

How “steely” is split

steely

For US English, the hyphenation result is steely. This gives 0 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “steely”

How do you hyphenate “steely”?

In the US-English result used here, steely is hyphenated as steely.

Where can “steely” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 0 possible break points.

What does “steely” mean?

resembling steel in colour, brightness, or strength.

Can you use “steely” in a sentence?

“a steely blue”

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