stilly
Americanadverb
adjective
adverb
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"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of stilly
before 1000; Middle English (adv.); Old English stillīce. See still 1, -ly
Example Sentences
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That has been a theme for me over the past year and a half, trying to power through under my own steam and realizing that that is stilly.
From Time
May halcyon-birds that hover o'er the brine Diffuse abroad their own tranquillity, Till ocean stretches stilly as the wine In this deep cup which now we drain to thee.
From Project Gutenberg
My languid lily, my lank limp lily, My long, lithe lily-love, men may grin— Say that I'm soft and supremely silly— What care I, while you whisper stilly; What care I, while you smile?
From Project Gutenberg
"Oft in the stilly night," when the moonlight sheds a silvery radiance about every sleeping creature, the mockingbird sings to his mate such delicious music as only the European nightingale can rival.
From Project Gutenberg
The stream of life runs stilly for the reason that it runs more deep; centring again to that Within and Spiritual, whence it issued in Birth, and will issue again in re-Birth.
From Project Gutenberg
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