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Webster 1913 Edition
Stillness
Still′ness
,Noun.
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
The world hath noted.
stillness
of your youthThe world hath noted.
Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Stillness
STILLNESS
,Noun.
1.
Freedom from noise or motion; calmness; quiet; silence; as the stillness of the night, the air or the sea.2.
Freedom from agitation or excitement; as the stillness of the passions.3.
Habitual silence; taciturnity.The gravity and stillness of your youth, the world hath noted.
Definition 2024
stillness
stillness
English
Noun
stillness (countable and uncountable, plural stillnesses)
- The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
- Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice, II. iii. 186:
- The gravity and stillness of your youth / The world hath noted;
- 1603, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice, II. iii. 186:
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