stock-still

[stok-stil]
adjective
completely still; motionless.

Origin:
1425–75; late Middle English stok still. See stock, still1

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stock-still
 
adv
absolutely still; motionless

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Stock-still is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
Example sentences
As well as setting nets, he could stand stock-still in the shallows and expertly spear a fish with a sharpened stick.
Stock-still, you sat there, studying his ice-blue eyes.
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