stirlessadj.
/ˈstəːlɪs/ Not stirring, motionless. Frequent in Byron, Charlotte Bronte, and P. J. Bailey.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moving
stillc888
unmoving?a1425
quatc1425
stock-still1508
stony1642
riveting1658
sitfast1669
unstirringa1684
sedate1684
statued1744
unshifting1811
stirless1816
unwaving1818
immotioned1821
standstill1829
akinetic1841
swayless1856
flutterless1873
static1910
squat1956
1816 Ld. Byron Prisoner of Chillon ix Silence, and a stirless breath Which neither was of life nor death.
1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto II cxliv. 191 O'er him lay the calm and stirless air.
1824 T. Carlyle Let. 15 Apr. in Coll. Lett. T. & J. W. Carlyle (1970) III. 60 I delight to see these old mountains, lying in the clear sleep of twilight, stirless as death.
1833 L. Ritchie Wanderings by Loire 198 The river..in which the stirless trees on the banks were reflected.
1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 7 Ye who stand, Stirless.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley II. ii. 34 She would spend a sunny afternoon in lying stirless on the turf.
1873 J. S. Le Fanu Willing to Die 337 The boat was now three lengths away;..out on the bosom of the stirless water.
1896 S. R. Crockett Grey Man i. 2 It was a stirless night.
Derivatives
ˈstirlessly adv.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > without moving
to stand stillc1000
stone-still?c1225
statuelike1640
unmovingly1733
stirlessly1825
statically1841
motionlessly1847
1825 Blackwood's Mag. 18 447 On their orbs the light Smote and sate stirlessly.
ˈstirlessness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > absence of movement
stillnessc1000
motionlessness1817
stirlessness1888
1888 W. C. Russell Death Ship xxiv The captain..held his place with the entranced stirlessness I was now accustomed to see in him.
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