stillness
Variant of still
still (stil)
adjective
- without sound; quiet; silent
- hushed, soft, or low in sound
- not moving; stationary; at rest; motionless: following stand, sit, lie, etc., sometimes regarded as an adverb
- characterized by little or no commotion or agitation; tranquil; calm; serene the still water of the lake
- not effervescent or bubbling: said of wine
- 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
- silence; quiet in the still of the night
- Film a still photograph
adverb
- at or up to the time indicated, whether past, present, or future
- even; yet: used as an intensifier with a comparative form, etc. cold yesterday, but still colder today
- nevertheless; even then [rich but still unhappy]; often used as a conjunctive adverb [he failed; still, he never stopped trying]
- Archaic ever; constantly
transitive verb
- to make silent
- to make motionless
- to calm; relieve
intransitive verb
Related Forms:
- stillness still′·ness noun
still and all
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