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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stillness  \Still"ness\,  n. 
  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.  --Shak. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stillness 
  n  1:  (poetic)  tranquil  silence;  "the  still  of  the  night"  [syn:  {hush}, 
  {still}] 
  2:  calmness  without  winds  [syn:  {windlessness}] 
  3:  a  state  of  no  motion  or  movement  [syn:  {motionlessness}] 
  [ant:  {motion}] 




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