About The Word Stillness
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Stillness
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What's The Definition Of Stillness?
[n] (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"
[n] a state of no motion or movement [n] calmness without winds Synonyms | Synonyms for Stillness: hush | motionlessness | still | windlessness Related Terms | Find terms related to Stillness: See Also | calmness | fixedness | immobility | inaction | inactiveness | quiet | silence | state | stationariness Stillness In Webster's Dictionary \Still"ness\, n.
1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence;
calmness; inactivity.
Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern
intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of
the Middle Ages. --J. A.
Symonds.
2. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
The gravity and stillness of your youth The world
hath noted. --Shak.
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