Meaning
With or having a fierce intensity in one’s expression.
Examples
The teacher fixed a steely-eyed gaze upon me when I started joking around during class.
I could feel my ex-girlfriend staring at me, steely-eyed, from across the bar.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘steely-eyed’ mean?
The idiom ‘steely-eyed’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘steely-eyed’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘steely-eyed’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.