Definitions for stillness
still·ness

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. hush, stillness, stillnoun

   (poetic) tranquil silence

   "the still of the night"

2. stillness, windlessnessnoun

   calmness without winds

3. motionlessness, stillness, lifelessnessnoun

   a state of no motion or movement

   "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stillnessnoun

   The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stillnessnoun

   Etymology: from still.

   1. Calm; quiet.

   How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
   Here will we sit, and let the sounds of musick
   Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night
   Become the touches of sweet harmony. William Shakespeare.

   When black clouds draw down the lab’ring skies,
   And horrid stillness first invades the ear;
   And in that silence we the tempest fear. Dryden.

   Virgil , to heighten the horrour of Æneas’ passing by this coast, has prepared the reader by Cajeta’s funeral and the stillness of the night. Dryden.

   If a house be on fire, those at next door may escape, by the stillness of the weather. Jonathan Swift.

   2. Silence; taciturnity.

   The gravity and stillness of your youth
   The world hath noted. William Shakespeare, Othello.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Stillness

   Stillness is an album by Sérgio Mendes and the Brasil '66 band.

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1. stillness

   Stillness is the state or quality of having no motion or movement; being completely calm, quiet, and undisturbed. It can also refer to the absence of noise and disruption, or a state of tranquility and peace.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Stillnessnoun

   the quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity

2. Stillnessnoun

   habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity

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1. Stillness

   Stillness is the final album by Sérgio Mendes and Brasil '66. Following this album, Mendes renamed his group Brasil '77.

Matched Categories

1. • Calmness
   • Poetry
   • Silence
   • State

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How to say stillness in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stillness in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stillness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of stillness in a Sentence

1. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   In the stillness of the transition, every creature takes a part, An ensemble of existence, beating with Earth’s endless heart.

2. Longfellow:

   How absolute and omnipotent is the silence of the night! And yet the stillness seems almost audible. From all the measureless depths of air around us comes a half sound, a half whisper, as if we could hear the crumbling and falling away of the earth and all created things in the great miracle of nature?decay and reproduction?ever beginning, never ending?the gradual lapse and running of the sand in the great hour-glass of Time.

3. Ashima:

   The smell, the nocturnal stillness, the dance of droplets and the moonlight on the road. The perfect sense.

4. Brandon Garic Notch:

   The solution typically lies in the stillness at the base of mind within that shadowy place most refuse to look.

5. Gordana Biernat:

   MEDITATE when you need stillness. Seek KNOWLEDGE when you need movement. LOVE when you want to know your true self.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=stillness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stillness
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=stillness
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stillness
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stillness
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=stillness
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=stillness