stilly
quietly; silently.
Chiefly Literary. still; quiet.
Origin of stilly
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How to use stilly in a sentence
It was no more that clear, visible interior, like a house roofed with glass, where the green submarine sunshine slept so stilly.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonSomething about 'stilly night,' 'fond recollections,' 'starved cats,' and the like.
The Rover Boys on the Farm | Arthur M. Winfield (AKA Edward Stratemeyer)She moved about the house with a step as stilly as the falling dews.
Ernest Linwood | Caroline Lee HentzMr. Craig sat down to the organ and played the opening bars of the touching melody, 'Oft in the stilly Night.'
Black Rock | Ralph ConnorSome sat talking in low and whispering voices, as if unwilling, even by a sound, to break the stilly calm.
Roland Cashel | Charles James Lever
British Dictionary definitions for stilly
archaic, or literary quietly or calmly
poetic still, quiet, or calm
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