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stilly

/adverb stil-lee; adjective stil-ee/US // adverb ˈstɪl li; adjective ˈstɪl i //

斯蒂利,斯蒂利亚,斯蒂尔,斯蒂利克

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : quietly; silently.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Chiefly Literary. still; quiet.

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Examples

  • It was no more that clear, visible interior, like a house roofed with glass, where the green submarine sunshine slept so stilly.

  • Something about 'stilly night,' 'fond recollections,' 'starved cats,' and the like.

  • She moved about the house with a step as stilly as the falling dews.

  • Mr. Craig sat down to the organ and played the opening bars of the touching melody, 'Oft in the Stilly Night.'

  • Some sat talking in low and whispering voices, as if unwilling, even by a sound, to break the stilly calm.