Definitions for stillness

stillness still·ness

Spelling: [stil-nis]
IPA: /ˈstɪl nɪs/

Stillness is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 212 anagrams from letters in stillness (eillnssst).

Definitions for stillness

noun

  1. silence; quiet; hush.
  2. the absence of motion.

Origin of stillness

before 1000; Middle English stilnesse, Old English stilnes. See still1, -ness

Examples for stillness

He listened in a stillness of dread which resembled the immobility of profound attention.

In this way it might be literally possible 'to hear a shadow fall athwart the stillness.'

There is a stillness in the early hours that feels to me the clearest, healthiest drug humanly available.

But in his stillness he has become the god he always wanted to be.

Suddenly the stillness of the night was broken by the sound of a horn.

It pauses the careening jumble of events to carve out moments of stillness.

In the stillness, a movement at the end of her bed commands her attention.

The Sabbath of eternity has shed its stillness along the street.

The stillness that followed was broken only by the Judge's voice.

They gather and sleep in open fields, surrounded by nature and the stillness of the night.

Word Value for stillness
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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