stillness
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈstɪlnəs/
:
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- The stillness in the room was palpable as everyone waited for the announcement.
- moments of stillness
- inner stillness
- momentary stillness
So there's always a core of stillness, if only in the background.
- So there's always a core of stillness, if only in the background.
- God's in the stillness, God's in the nothing.
- And then there is a stillness, and the stillness comes when the breath has stopped.
- Maybe to me, peace and calm and stillness, these are better goals than happiness.
- What is my purpose in that stillness?
- We have lost stillness from our modern lives, and we need to get it back.
- You don't have to sit still to experience stillness.
- That's where I give myself, you know, the gift of stillness.
- All these things are either causing static or stillness.
- That's truly where I find, you know, find a lot of stillness and peace.
- By contrast, this movie takes you into moments of pregnant stillness.
- Stillness being and stillness is the same thing.
- You know, just practice being practice stillness, practice breathing into your heart.
- And the key is that stillness, this presence is a habit.
Examples
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The stillness of the early morning created a peaceful atmosphere in the garden.
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She found a sense of stillness in the quiet library, away from the noise of the city.
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We have lost stillness from our modern lives, and we need to get it back.
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Sometimes, in the stillness, I think I feel it.
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Maybe to me, peace and calm and stillness, these are better goals than happiness.
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There was an instant of dead stillness in which the ice seemed to grow transparent.
Fiction book (1990) -
Just open to the spaciousness and stillness of the present moment.
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There's a stillness to the night.
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The stillness of winter continued to the first thaw, like it always does.
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The water makes a ribbon of dark stillness through the trees smoldering with fall colors.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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1.0
A calm, quiet feeling in your mind without worry
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2.0
A period with no sound or speech
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1.0
A quiet, peaceful feeling that helps you stay steady
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4.0
A calm, peaceful state with no noise or worry
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4.4
A calm, peaceful feeling without worry
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1.0
A calm time with little or no sound
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7.0
A calm, quiet time when there is little noise
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1.0
A calm time or place with little noise
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3.7
A short time that is calm and quiet for rest or thinking
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3.5
A period of time with no movement or action
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2.7
A state without strong feelings or worry in your mind
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1.0
A lack of noise or disturbance in a place
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3.9
A deep calm and quiet feeling inside that makes you feel relaxed
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2.7
A calm, quiet feeling with no worry
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8.0
A calm, peaceful feeling or time
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8.8
A period of deep silence and calm
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7.0
A calm, peaceful feeling when things are quiet and steady
1
7.3
A complete lack of sound in a place
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3.2
A calm, peaceful feeling that helps you relax
A time when a place or thing is quiet and not active
A complete lack of sound in a place
A time when people stay quiet for prayer, meditation, or discipline
A time when a person or thing is completely still
Antonyms
How Still
Surface Forms
Morphology
stillness = still (transparent) = still + ness
The noun is a regular nominalization of the adjective 'still' with '-ness', so the meaning is directly derived and clear to learners.
Etymology
Stillness comes from the simple word still, which means 'not moving' or 'quiet', plus the ending -ness that means 'state'. Think of a calm lake with a glass surface — that image helps: stillness is the state of complete quiet or lack of movement.