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stillsome

stillsome adjective: marked by stillness; quietsome.

Adjective

stillsome (comparative more stillsome, superlative most stillsome)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Marked by stillness; quietsome
    • Where many a flow'r deck'd in beauty rare, / Imparted fragrance to the stillsome air; [...]1846, Edward Mordaunt Spencer, The Heir of Abbotsville
    • Clear streams that thro' so many winding ways / Stray to the mighty ocean, murm'ring flow, / And make sweet music in the stillsome air.1883, James Middleton Sutherland, Douglas, and other poems

Forms of stillsome

comparativemore stillsome
superlativemost stillsome

Origin of stillsome

From still + -some.

Questions about stillsome

What does stillsome mean?
Stillsome means marked by stillness; quietsome.
What part of speech is stillsome?
Stillsome is an adjective.

Words near stillsome in the dictionary

  1. stillnesses
  2. Stillorgan
  3. stillroom
  4. stillrooms
  5. stills
  6. stillsome
  7. Stillson
  8. Stillson wrench
  9. Stillson wrenches
  10. Stillsons
  11. stillstand

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