Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The state or an instance of being quiet or calm: "The stillness that permeates the valleys is visual as well as acoustical” ( Barry Lopez).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state or character of being still. Rest; motionlessness; calmness: as, the stillness of the air or of the sea.
Wiktionary
- n. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
- n. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality or state of being still; quietness; silence; calmness; inactivity.
- n. Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a state of no motion or movement
- n. (poetic) tranquil silence
- n. calmness without winds
Examples
“The men were still exquisite, postured with their arms draped over their heads in stillness or lunging and leaping in wild fits as the Tchaikovsky score crescendoed.”
The Huffington Post: Susan Eley: Hooters to Swan Lake During One Week in New York
“Alert stillness is needed, as the harvest comes to fruition, and to become aware of God's created beauty, the majesty, the sacredness of nature, as He saw fit to create with His hands.”
“Is there a fundamental discrepancy between the ideals of Daoismlike being rooted in stillness and emptinessand the characteristics needed for political leadership?”
“They are easy to control when stillness is required in the duck blind and have a good eye for marking and remembering where birds fall.”
“They sat a good while in stillness after that, each thinking her own thoughts; or perhaps those of the elder lady took the form of prayers.”
“So I felt sorry for her, people passing her on the sidewalk like she was a manikin who needed a life but all she got was stillness, which is a form of nothing.”
Fictionaut: Unaswered E-mails Over a Cup of Coffee and a Microwaved Danish
“There are several pathways that help us enhance our awareness, but one very effective way is through mindfulness meditation, which may seem paradoxical, as it emphasizes sitting in stillness.”
The Huffington Post: Ronald Alexander, Ph.D.: Expand Your Consciousness with Meditation (VIDEO)
“With each cup of tea, deftly prepared, there comes a moment of pause, of stillness, that is otherwise absent from the day.”
The Huffington Post: Gemma de Choisy: Confessions of a Dual Citizen
“I meditate, not to achieve happiness, but to enter into the silence and stillness, which is a welcome respite from the outer "noise" of living.”
The Huffington Post: Dr. Judith Rich: Happiness Is Overrated
“It has a kind of quietness to it, a stillness, that is, well, Zen-like.”
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