Meaning of stilly | Babel Free

Definitions

silent; calm

Examples

“The stilly murmur of the distant Sea Tells us of silence.”

“The dead--in holy, stilly peace, the sacred dead repose, Afar from earth's turmoil and grief, and all of sick'ning woes; From racking pain, and withering pride, and avarice's care, Secure they rest in solitude, unaw'd by sin or snare.”

“Long was the darkness, Lonely and stilly.”

“Crickets sang of nights in the stilly cabins, and in the sunshine mosquitoes crept from out hollow logs […].”

“[…] Marjorie used Central to call as many of her neighbors that were also on the exchange as she could, telling them of the disaster which had fallen like a lightning-stroke out of a clear sky, knowing that each call would produce overlapping ripples, like pebbles tossed rapidly into a stilly pond.”

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