stilly
/ˈstɪli
/literary
adverb
Quietly and with little movement: the birds rested stilly...
- They wait there, standing stilly even as the bus slows and tries to stop close to that spot, where a brake squeals mightily.
- The figure lay very stilly on his bed, the sheets rumpled and wet with his sweat.
- The waters work, and Jefferson is exalted stilly in his place.
adjective
Still and quiet: the stilly night...
- It was a stilly pitch-dark morning; neither moon nor star nor light from house or electricity pole was to be seen.
- In the dusk we walked out onto a little bridge to watch birds, and in the stilly evening, out over the lake an alpen horn began to play.
