stillness

Variant of still

still definition

still (stil)

adjective

  1. without sound; quiet; silent
  2. hushed, soft, or low in sound
  3. not moving; stationary; at rest; motionless: following stand, sit, lie, etc., sometimes regarded as an adverb
  4. characterized by little or no commotion or agitation; tranquil; calm; serene the still water of the lake
  5. not effervescent or bubbling: said of wine
  6. Film designating or of a single posed photograph or a photograph made from a single frame of a filmed sequence or scene, for use as in publicity

Etymology: ME < OE stille, akin to Ger still < IE *stelnu- < base *stel-, to place, set up, standing, immobile > stalk, stall, L locus, place, Gr stēlē, a post

noun

  1. silence; quiet in the still of the night
  2. Film a still photograph

adverb

  1. at or up to the time indicated, whether past, present, or future
  2. even; yet: used as an intensifier with a comparative form, etc. cold yesterday, but still colder today
  3. nevertheless; even then [rich but still unhappy]; often used as a conjunctive adverb [he failed; still, he never stopped trying]
  4. Archaic ever; constantly

transitive verb

to make still; quiet; specif.,
  1. to make silent
  2. to make motionless
  3. to calm; relieve

intransitive verb

to become still

Related Forms:

still Idioms

still and all

Informal nevertheless

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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