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stillness
has definitions from the field of meteorology
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[ noun ] (poetic) tranquil silence
Examples "the still of the night" Used in print (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)When they got home Harold was grateful for the stillness in the apartment , and thought how , under different circumstances , they might have stayed_on here , in these old-fashioned , high-ceilinged rooms that reminded him of the Irelands ' apartment in the East_Eighties . |
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[ noun ] (meteorology) calmness without winds
Synonyms Used in print (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)Grabski sat in a sweat saturated undershirt , cursing the excessive heat which clamped an uneasy stillness before sundown . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a state of no motion or movement
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