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/stil"nis/, n.1. silence; quiet; hush.2. the absence of motion.[bef. 1000; ME stilnesse, OE stilnes. See STILL1, -NESS]
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Stillness — Still ness, n. 1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity. [1913 Webster] Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of the Middle Ages. J. A. Symonds.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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stillness — [n] silence calm, calmness, hush, inaction, inactivity, lull, noiselessness, peace, placidity, quiet, quietness, quietude, serenity, still, tranquility; concepts 65,388,411,720 … New thesaurus
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