stillness
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/ˈstɪlnəs/
Definition of stillness
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being still.
“The teru-tero (Vanellus cayanensis), is another bird, which often disturbs the stillness of the night.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being still.
“The teru-tero (Vanellus cayanensis), is another bird, which often disturbs the stillness of the night.”
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(countable, uncountable)Habitual silence or quiet; taciturnity.
“The grauitie, and ſtillneſſe of your youth / The world hath noted.”
“Like a heartbeat drives you mad / In the stillness of remembering what you had / And what you lost”
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Etymology
From Middle English stilnesse, from Old English stilnes (“stillness, quiet; absence of noise or disturbance, release, relaxation; silence, abstention from speech; absence of disturbance or molestation, tranquility, peace, security; that which appeases”), equivalent to still + -ness.
Words you can make from stillness
163 playable · top: LINTLESS (8 pts)
Best play lintless 8 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
9 words6-letter words
20 words5-letter words
39 words- ELINT 5 pts
- INLET 5 pts
- INSET 5 pts
- INTEL 5 pts
- ISLES 5 pts
- ISLET 5 pts
- ISTLE 5 pts
- LENIS 5 pts
- LIENS 5 pts
- LILTS 5 pts
- LINES 5 pts
- LINTS 5 pts
- LISLE 5 pts
- LISTS 5 pts
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- NEIST 5 pts
- NESTS 5 pts
- NILLS 5 pts
- NITES 5 pts
- SELLS 5 pts
- SENTI 5 pts
- SENTS 5 pts
- SILLS 5 pts
- SILTS 5 pts
- SINES 5 pts
- SISES 5 pts
- SITES 5 pts
- SLITS 5 pts
- SNELL 5 pts
- SNITS 5 pts
- STEIN 5 pts
- STIES 5 pts
- STILE 5 pts
- STILL 5 pts
- TEINS 5 pts
- TELLS 5 pts
- TILES 5 pts
- TILLS 5 pts
- TINES 5 pts
4-letter words
49 words- ELLS 4 pts
- ESTS 4 pts
- ILLS 4 pts
- ISLE 4 pts
- LEIS 4 pts
- LENS 4 pts
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- LIEN 4 pts
- LIES 4 pts
- LILT 4 pts
- LINE 4 pts
- LINS 4 pts
- LINT 4 pts
- LIST 4 pts
- LITE 4 pts
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- NESS 4 pts
- NEST 4 pts
- NETS 4 pts
- NILL 4 pts
- NILS 4 pts
- NITE 4 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
- SELL 4 pts
- SELS 4 pts
- SENT 4 pts
- SETS 4 pts
- SILL 4 pts
- SILT 4 pts
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- SLIT 4 pts
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- TILE 4 pts
- TILL 4 pts
- TILS 4 pts
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3-letter words
31 words- ELL 3 pts
- ELS 3 pts
- ENS 3 pts
- ESS 3 pts
- EST 3 pts
- ILL 3 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- LEI 3 pts
- LET 3 pts
- LIE 3 pts
- LIN 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
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- NET 3 pts
- NIL 3 pts
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- SEI 3 pts
- SEL 3 pts
- SEN 3 pts
- SET 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIS 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- TEL 3 pts
- TEN 3 pts
- TES 3 pts
- TIE 3 pts
- TIL 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
2-letter words
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