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stilly
[ adverb stil-lee; adjective stil-ee ]
adverb
- quietly; silently.
adjective
- Chiefly Literary. still; quiet.
stilly
adverb
- archaic.quietly or calmly
adjective
- poetic.still, quiet, or calm
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It was no more that clear, visible interior, like a house roofed with glass, where the green submarine sunshine slept so stilly.
Something about 'stilly night,' 'fond recollections,' 'starved cats,' and the like.
She moved about the house with a step as stilly as the falling dews.
Mr. Craig sat down to the organ and played the opening bars of the touching melody, 'Oft in the Stilly Night.'
Some sat talking in low and whispering voices, as if unwilling, even by a sound, to break the stilly calm.
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