Stillness

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stillness \Still"ness\, n.
     1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence;
        calmness; inactivity.
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              Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern


              intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of
              the Middle Ages.                      --J. A.
                                                    Symonds.
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     2. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
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              The gravity and stillness of your youth
              The world hath noted.                 --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stillness
       n 1: (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" [syn: {hush},
             {still}]
       2: calmness without winds [syn: {windlessness}]
       3: a state of no motion or movement [syn: {motionlessness}]
          [ant: {motion}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "stillness":
     ataraxia, ataraxy, awful silence, calmness, composure,
     contemplation, dead, dead of night, deathlike silence,
     golden silence, hush, hush of night, imperturbability,
     inaudibility, lucid stillness, lull, marmoreal repose, mum,
     nirvana, noiselessness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness,
     quiescence, quiescency, quiet, quietism, quietness, quietude,
     repose, rest, restfulness, satori, serenity, silence, silentness,
     silken repose, sleep, slumber, solemn silence, soundlessness,
     still, tacitness, taciturnity, tomblike silence, tranquillity,
     whisht, wise passiveness