stilly

[murli_18@yahoo.com]

Dear Teacher,

When leafing through Oxfod dictionary this morning, I found the word "stilly" derivative of still. Could you please help me to use the same in a sentence?

Thnak you,
Murli

[Mister Micawber]

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A dying word; I suggest you avoid it. On-line concordances dredge up a single example:

...so faint that even in that stilly night I could hardly hear it.
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[BobK]

I agree. I've only ever met it in poetry, usually collocated with "night" (and maybe also with "depths").

b

[MikeNewYork]

I agree. I've only ever met it in poetry, usually collocated with "night" (and maybe also with "depths").

b

I agree. As an adjective, the word is just about gone.

Still, as an adverb "stilly" is occasionally used. The robin sat stilly on the branch.

In urban slang, it is a portmanteau of "stupid" and "silly".