Search Result for "stillness": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. (poetic) tranquil silence;
- Example: "the still of the night"
[syn: hush, stillness, still]

2. calmness without winds;
[syn: stillness, windlessness]

3. a state of no motion or movement;
- Example: "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue"
[syn: motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stillness \Still"ness\, n. 1. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity. [1913 Webster] Painting, then, was the art demanded by the modern intellect upon its emergence from the stillness of the Middle Ages. --J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster] 2. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity. [1913 Webster] The gravity and stillness of your youth The world hath noted. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stillness n 1: (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night" [syn: hush, stillness, still] 2: calmness without winds [syn: stillness, windlessness] 3: a state of no motion or movement; "the utter motionlessness of a marble statue" [syn: motionlessness, stillness, lifelessness] [ant: motion]