stillness

[stil-nis]

noun

1. silence; quiet; hush.

2. the absence of motion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stillness¹

before 1000; Middle English stilnesse, Old English stilnes. See still ¹, -ness

Example Sentences

Meanwhile, another photographic medium was in ascendance, one that favored kinetics over color, movement over stillness—the movies.

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It’s a different kind of shot, even in a film that uses silence and stillness more markedly than the first.

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When the Eloko returns to stillness, the entrance is nowhere to be found.

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Now, as he sat among his scribbled papers in the stillness of his room, the words filled the air.

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The experience of doing nothing crept up on me this summer, surrounded by the stillness and quiet of our family cabin in southwestern Virginia.

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