ADJ.
against, grey, old, sharp
STEELY + NOUN
hair, resistance
PREP.
down, with
adj
Having qualities resembling those of steel, especially hardness and resoluteness.
The bully backed down before his steely gaze.
steely grey hair
Made of steel.
Broach'd with the steely point of Clifford's lance.
Around his shop the steely sparkles flew.
name
A surname.
She would unarm her noble heart of that steely resistance against the sweet blows of love.
He transfixed me with two sharp, steely eyes.
Tom is already an old man with steely grey hair.