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Sounds like steelie, stele · Rhymes with -iːli

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English steel

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Germanic *-gaz

Proto-West Germanic *-g

Old English -iġ

Middle English -y

English -y

English steely

From steel + -y.

Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hardness and resoluteness. The bully backed down before his steely gaze.
Made of steel. Broach'd with the steely point of Clifford's lance.