Meaning of stillness in English
(Definition of stillness from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of stillness
stillness
Knowing for sure that even in the daily craziness that bombards us from every direction, there is -- still -- the constancy of stillness.
From Huffington Post
Ironically, busy clients who associate stillness with failure and futility benefit the most from learning to meditate.
From Huffington Post
This ethereal stillness quiets the quotidian realities of the river: movement, pollution, noise.
From TIME
As for stillness, it was formerly the default state of behavior.
From The New Yorker
In fact, they might get up for a few minutes and enjoy the exquisite stillness of night.
From Huffington Post
She taught him that in stillness before the camera is revelation.
From Huffington Post
I enjoy it, it brings me a sense of stillness and calm.
From Chicago Tribune
Then she sank back into her seat, a tense stillness coming over her body.
From NPR
He thinks silence and stillness scare her because she's afraid of her internal thoughts.
From The Atlantic
A stillness which characterizes prayer, too, and the eye of the storm.
From Huffington Post
Don't move -- even as the bear moved closer, taking its time, measuring the stillness around each body.
From Slate Magazine
Your body will have trouble with stillness as well.
From Huffington Post
Composed people exhibit a level of stillness sometimes described as poise.
From Huffington Post
Composure allows you maintain a certain stillness in the face of life's changes.
From Huffington Post
You'd half expected me to enjoy the stillness of closed rooms, take comfort in dull silence.
From NPR
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calme [masculine], calme…
静（しず）けさ…
durgunluk, sessizlik…
stilte…
tichost, mlčení…
stilhed…
ketenangan…
ความนิ่ง…
sự yên lặng, sự tĩnh mịch…
spokój…
stillhet…
ketenangan…
die Stille…
stillhet [masculine], stillhet…
тиша, нерухомість…
