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still·ness

   [stil-nis]
noun
1.
silence; quiet; hush.
2.
the absence of motion.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English stilnesse, Old English stilnes. See still1, -ness
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still1 (stɪl)
 
—adj
1.  (usually predicative) motionless; stationary
2.  undisturbed or tranquil; silent and calm
3.  not sparkling or effervescent: a still wine
4.  gentle or quiet; subdued
5.  obsolete (of a child) dead at birth
 
—adv
6.  continuing now or in the future as in the past: do you still love me?
7.  up to this or that time; yet: I still don't know your name
8.  (often used with a comparative) even or yet: still more insults
9.  quiet or without movement: sit still
10.  poetic, dialect always
 
—n
11.  poetic silence or tranquillity: the still of the night
12.  a.  a still photograph, esp of a scene from a motion-picture film
 b.  (as modifier): a still camera
 
—vb
13.  to make or become still, quiet, or calm
14.  (tr) to allay or relieve: her fears were stilled
 
—sentence connector
15.  even then; nevertheless: the child has some new toys and still cries
 
[Old English stille; related to Old Saxon, Old High German stilli, Dutch stollen to curdle, Sanskrit sthānús immobile]
 
'stillness1
 
—n

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