stillsome

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adjective

Marked by stillness; quietsome

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Meanings

adjectivestillsome (comparative more stillsome, superlative most stillsome)

comparative more stillsome · superlative most stillsome

  1. archaicpoeticMarked 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
    1 more example

    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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
quietsome

Origin

From still + -some.

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Cite this entry
APA

stillsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stillsome

MLA

“stillsome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stillsome. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stillsome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stillsome.

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