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Webster 1913 Edition


Stillness

Still′ness

,
Noun.
1.
The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the
stillness
of the Middle Ages.
J. A. Symonds.
2.
Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
The gravity and
stillness
of your youth
The world hath noted.
Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition


Stillness

STILLNESS

,
Noun.
1.
Freedom from noise or motion; calmness; quiet; silence; as the stillness of the night, the air or the sea.
2.
Freedom from agitation or excitement; as the stillness of the passions.
3.
Habitual silence; taciturnity.
The gravity and stillness of your youth, the world hath noted.