stilly

[ adverb stil-lee; adjective stil-ee ]

adverb

1. quietly; silently.

adjective

1. Chiefly Literary. still; quiet.

stilly

adverb

1. archaic.
   quietly or calmly

adjective

1. poetic.
   still, quiet, or calm

Word History and Origins

Origin of stilly¹

before 1000; Middle English (adv.); Old English stillīce. See still ¹, -ly

Example Sentences

It was no more that clear, visible interior, like a house roofed with glass, where the green submarine sunshine slept so stilly.

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Something about 'stilly night,' 'fond recollections,' 'starved cats,' and the like.

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She moved about the house with a step as stilly as the falling dews.

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Mr. Craig sat down to the organ and played the opening bars of the touching melody, 'Oft in the Stilly Night.'

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Some sat talking in low and whispering voices, as if unwilling, even by a sound, to break the stilly calm.

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Related Words

• calmly
• quietly