statue-still

adjective

Absolutely still; motionless.

Meanings

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

    For the space of a minute he continued to regard us with alert intensity, jerking his head from side to side with very swift but graceful movements, yet otherwise standing statue-still.

    1951, Ambrose Pratt, The Lore of the Lyrebird, Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, page 28
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