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English

Etymology

Noun

  1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
  2. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.


Translations

es:stillness fr:stillness hu:stillness fi:stillness te:stillness vi:stillness

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stillness \Still"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence;
calmness; inactivity.
[1913 Webster]

Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern
intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of
the Middle Ages. --J. A.
Symonds.
[1913 Webster]

2. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
[1913 Webster]

The gravity and stillness of your youth
The world hath noted. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet stillness
n 1: (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" [syn: hush,
still]
2: calmness without winds [syn: windlessness]
3: a state of no motion or movement [syn: motionlessness]
[ant: motion]
Moby Dictionary
ataraxia , ataraxy , awful silence , calmness , composure ,
contemplation , dead , dead of night , deathlike silence ,
golden silence , hush , hush of night , imperturbability ,
inaudibility , lucid stillness , lull , marmoreal repose , mum ,
nirvana , noiselessness , peace , peacefulness , placidity , placidness ,
quiescence , quiescency , quiet , quietism , quietness , quietude ,
repose , rest , restfulness , satori , serenity , silence , silentness ,
silken repose , sleep , slumber , solemn silence , soundlessness ,
still , tacitness , taciturnity , tomblike silence , tranquillity ,
whisht , wise passiveness


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