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stillness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state or character of being still.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
  • noun Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
  • noun Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a state of no motion or movement
  • noun (poetic) tranquil silence
  • noun calmness without winds

Etymologies

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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.

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Examples

  • Alert stillness is needed, as the harvest comes to fruition, and to become aware of God's created beauty, the majesty, the sacredness of nature, as He saw fit to create with His hands.

    For the Love of Venison! 2009

  • The men were still exquisite, postured with their arms draped over their heads in stillness or lunging and leaping in wild fits as the Tchaikovsky score crescendoed.

    Susan Eley: Hooters to Swan Lake During One Week in New York Susan Eley 2010

  • Alert stillness is needed, as the harvest comes to fruition, and to become aware of God's created beauty, the majesty, the sacredness of nature, as He saw fit to create with His hands.

    For the Love of Venison! 2009

  • The men were still exquisite, postured with their arms draped over their heads in stillness or lunging and leaping in wild fits as the Tchaikovsky score crescendoed.

    Susan Eley: Hooters to Swan Lake During One Week in New York Susan Eley 2010

  • Is there a fundamental discrepancy between the ideals of Daoismlike being rooted in stillness and emptinessand the characteristics needed for political leadership?

    The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong: Questions 2006

  • They are easy to control when stillness is required in the duck blind and have a good eye for marking and remembering where birds fall.

    Dogs for Ducks 1999

  • They sat a good while in stillness after that, each thinking her own thoughts; or perhaps those of the elder lady took the form of prayers.

    The Old Helmet 1864

  • So I felt sorry for her, people passing her on the sidewalk like she was a manikin who needed a life but all she got was stillness, which is a form of nothing.

    Unaswered E-mails Over a Cup of Coffee and a Microwaved Danish David Woodruff 2011

  • There are several pathways that help us enhance our awareness, but one very effective way is through mindfulness meditation, which may seem paradoxical, as it emphasizes sitting in stillness.

    Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.: Expand Your Consciousness with Meditation (VIDEO) Ph.D. Ronald Alexander 2010

  • With each cup of tea, deftly prepared, there comes a moment of pause, of stillness, that is otherwise absent from the day.

    Gemma de Choisy: Confessions of a Dual Citizen Gemma de Choisy 2011

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