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1. stillness
noun. ['ˈstɪlnəs'] (poetic) tranquil silence.
Antonyms
Etymology
- stilnesse (Middle English (1100-1500))
- stilnes (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Rhymes with Stillness
- abruptness
- absoluteness
- acuteness
- adonis
- aggressiveness
- agribusiness
- airworthiness
- alertness
- aloofness
- alumnus
- anise
- anus
- appropriateness
- arbitrariness
- assertiveness
- astuteness
- attentiveness
- attractiveness
- awareness
- awfulness
Sentences with stillness
1. Noun, singular or mass
New life is often associated with the spring season, rising from the coldness and stillness of winter.
Quotes about stillness
1. Art to me is an anecdote of the spirit, and the only means of making concrete the purpose of its varied quickness and stillness.
- Mark Rothko
2. Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.
- Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies
3. Once I knew only darkness and stillness... my life was without past or future... but a little word from the fingers of another fell into my hand that clutched at emptiness, and my heart leaped to the rapture of living.
- Helen Keller
2. stillness
noun. ['ˈstɪlnəs'] calmness without winds.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- stilnesse (Middle English (1100-1500))
- stilnes (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
