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noun
The quality or state of being still.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: calmness, motionlessness, inactivity, inertia
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: quietness, silence
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(poetic) tranquil silence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: hush, still
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: silence, quiet
noun
a state of no motion or movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: motionlessness, lifelessness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state
Narrower terms: stationariness, immobility, fixedness
noun
calmness without winds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: windlessness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: calmness
History
From Middle English stilnesse, from Old English stilnes (“stillness, quiet; absence of noise or disturbance, release, relaxation; silence, abstention from speech; absence of disturbance or molestation, tranquility, peace, security; that which appeases”), equivalent to still + -ness.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
