marble-still

adjective

Absolutely still; motionless.

Meanings

adjectivemarble-still (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAbsolutely still; motionless.

    [B]ut her fear of startling him was even greater than her love, and she remained marble-still.

    1951, Ambrose Pratt, The Lore of the Lyrebird, Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, page 23
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