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▪ I. stilly, a.|ˈstɪlɪ|
[f. still a. + -ly1.
In the modern sense 2 the word may have been suggested by stilly adv. It may, however, be a distinct word, f. still a. or still n.2 + -y. Cf. paly a.1]
†1. Secret. (Frequent in Layamon.) Obs.
c1205Lay. 2374 [He] mid stilliche ginne brohte æstrild þer inne. Ibid. 17776 Forð wende þe swike..& spec wið his monnen mid stilleliche rune.
2. Characterized by stillness. Chiefly poet.
1776Mickle tr. Camoens' Lusiad 386 Not a blast may shake Its fluttering pinions o'er the stilly lake. 1795Coleridge Eolian Harp 11 The stilly murmur of the distant Sea Tells us of silence. 1811Shelley St. Irvyne iii. Pr. Wks. 1888 I. 153 The wind sighed moaningly along the stilly colonnades. 1815Moore Nat. Airs, Oft, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me. 1816Brackenridge Jrnl. 13 Several deer..seemed to move across this stilly scene, like the shadows of the phantasmagoria. 1830Tennyson Recoll. Arab. Nts. 103 Many a shadow-chequer'd lawn Full of the city's stilly sound. 1841Lever O'Malley lxxix, How the pale and stilly figure counts over the hours. 1865W. G. Palgrave Arabia I. 305 This dry and stilly region. 1889J. J. Hissey Tour Phaeton 59 A stilly sheet of water.
▪ II. stilly, adv.|ˈstɪlɪ|
Forms: 1 stillíce, 2 stillice, 3 stilleliȝ, stillelike, stilliȝ, 3–5 stil(le)liche, 4 stilleli, stillic(h, styllyche, 4–5 stillelich, -ly, stilli, 4–6 stylly, 5 stillie, stylleche, styly, 4– stilly.
[OE. stillíce, f. stille still a. + -líce -ly2.]
In a still manner; silently, quietly; in a low voice; † secretly.
c1000De Consuet. Monach. 266 in Anglia XIII. 384 Silenter, stillice. c1200Ormin 16618 He wollde lernenn All stilleliȝ summwhatt at himm. c1205Lay. 6706 Hæhten his drihliche folc stilleluker dremen. a1225Ancr. R. 82 Þe neddre, seið Salomon, stingeð al stilliche. a1300Cursor M. 4948 Þan spak ruben, þe eildest broiþer, Stilli menand til þas oþer. 1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 2432 Ȝyf þou withdrawest a mannys ryȝt Styllyche. 13..K. Alis. 1562 (Laud MS.), He com & seide to þe kyng Stillich bitwene his lyppe Þat [etc.]. 1382Wyclif Ecclus. xxi. 23 The fool in laȝhing enhaunceth his vois; forsothe a wis man vnnethe stilleli shal laȝhen. c1425Eng. Conq. Irel. lxii. 150 Al the Iresshe..stylly sworne ham to-gyddyr ayeyns the Englysshe. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cxxxii. (1869) 126 And took me this knyf priueliche, whiche j bere stilleliche and in hideles. c1440Life St. Kath. (Halliw. 1848) 10 Ihesu Cryste they thanked moche And went ageyne full stylleche. 1598Barret Theor. Warres iv. ii. 105 In their conuersations to talke modestly, stilly, and with low voices. 1599Shakes. Hen. V, iv. Chorus 5 From Camp to Camp,..The Humme of eyther Army stilly sounds. 1621Lady M. Wroth Urania 177 So stilly did she mooue,..as trees grow without sence of increase. 1802H. Martin Helen of Glenross III. 186, I am very sad—quietly, stilly sad. 1810Scott Lady of L. iii. xiv, The rocks, the bosky thickets, sleep So stilly on thy bosom deep. 1832R. H. Froude Rem. (1838) I. 276 We made the rest of our voyage to Malta stilly and quickly. 1865Allingham 50 Mod. Poems, Angela, Stilly she glided in. |