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Definition of Stillness
1. Noun. (poetic) tranquil silence. "The still of the night"
Generic synonyms: Quiet, Silence
Category relationships: Poesy, Poetry, Verse
Derivative terms: Hush, Hush, Hush, Still, Still, Still, Still
2. Noun. Calmness without winds.
3. Noun. A state of no motion or movement. "The utter motionlessness of a marble statue"
Generic synonyms: State
Specialized synonyms: Fixedness, Immobility, Stationariness
Derivative terms: Lifeless, Lifeless, Motionless, Still, Still, Still
Antonyms: Motion
Definition of Stillness
1. n. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
Definition of Stillness
1. Noun. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity. ¹
2. Noun. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stillness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stillness
Literary usage of Stillness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Giles Henry Lodge (1872)
"On this account, stillness was one of the principles observed here, because it
was regarded, according to Plato, as a state intermediate between sadness and ..."
2. ... The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1892)
"There has been a sort of stillness in the atmosphere of our boarding-house since
my last record, as if something or other were going on. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1879)
"There was nothing wanted but a breath of air to complete the bursting of the storm.
As yet, a deadly stillness lay on all nature—it, too, seemed spellbound, ..."
4. Mistakes in Teaching by James Laughlin Hughes (1889)
"It is a Mistake to Think that Order means Perfect Quiet or Stillness. ...
A thunder-clap startles us into stillness for a few moments, but even thunder ..."
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