steelier

A steelier, stiffer speech came from the Lib Dems 'Rumpolian David Howarth, who said that we weren't interested in knowing which Cabinet ministers said what.

Quentin Letts praises David Howarth 2009

But Zvonereva is cooler, steadier, steelier and the longer the match went on, the more the Bulgarian began to fray.

Wimbledon 2010 live blog: 1 July 2010

But a glossier finish and a steelier edge belie Duffy's expanded ambitions.

Duffy: Endlessly – review Kitty Empire 2010

The large blue has a lighter, steelier tone than, say, the adonis, which has a shinier, sky-blue hue.

Butterflies: out of the blue 2010

But if the face that Literary Death Match presents to the public is determinedly chaotic and endearingly amateurish, then its rise demonstrates a rather steelier business acumen.

The new wave of literary events Alex Clark 2010

Perhaps all my Wii Boxing will make me steelier, maybe even dance like a butterfly or sting like a bee did I get the words right there?

Fun and Exercise Kirsty 2008

When skeptics challenged that image, however, Mandela made no effort to soften his steelier side.

Mandela 2008

It's one of the unjustices of life that good-looking girls can be steelier -- much moreso than plainer or older women, because a lot of men tolerate it better without the label of "nutcracker".

Live-blogging night 3 -- Sarah Palin alert! -- of the Republican Convention. Ann Althouse 2008

There were singers with bigger, steelier, richer voices, but in her combination of talents and in her range of repertoire, she was just about peerless.

A Salute to the ‘Bubbles’ Who Never Went Flat 2007

But even people with steelier nerves than my own will find an Edinburgh ghost tour a fright fest.

Enchanting Edinburgh 2007