adj
Meaning 1
As still as a stone; perfectly still or silent; motionless
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stone-still
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Meaning 2
written 1594-96, William Shakespeare, King John
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Meaning 3
written 1594-96, William Shakespeare, King John : Alas, what need you be so boisterous-rough? / I will not struggle, I will stand stone-still. / For heaven sake, Hubert, let me not be bound!
Alas, what need you be so boisterous-rough? / I will not struggle, I will stand stone-still. / For heaven sake, Hubert, let me not be bound!
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Meaning 4
1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
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Meaning 5
1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel: She lay stone-still in a trance of terror.
She lay stone-still in a trance of terror.
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Meaning 6
1862, George Meredith, Modern Love (sonnet I)
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Meaning 7
1862, George Meredith, Modern Love (sonnet I): She lay / Stone-still, and the long darkness flow’d away / With muffled pulses.
She lay / Stone-still, and the long darkness flow’d away / With muffled pulses.
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Meaning 8
2011, Suraya Sadeed, Damien Lewis, Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse
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Meaning 9
2011, Suraya Sadeed, Damien Lewis, Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse: Sekander stared out of the window with a stone-still face.
Sekander stared out of the window with a stone-still face.
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Meaning 10
2015, Sara Humphreys, Vampires Never Cry Wolf
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Meaning 11
2015, Sara Humphreys, Vampires Never Cry Wolf: She remained stone-still, ready for anything, sending her heightened senses in search of who or what was encroaching on her personal space.
She remained stone-still, ready for anything, sending her heightened senses in search of who or what was encroaching on her personal space.
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Meaning 12
In a stone-still manner
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History
Etymology
From Middle English stone-stille, stonstyll, stonstyl, stane still, equivalent to stone + still (adjective).
From Middle English ston-stille, stone-stille, stonstil, stane-still, equivalent to stone + still (adverb).