4. Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low. "A still small voice." 1 Kings xix. 12.
5. Constant; continual. [Obs.] By still practice learn to know thy meaning. Shak.
6. Not effervescing; not sparkling; as, still wines. Still life. (Fine Arts) (a) Inanimate objects. (b) (Painting) The class or style of painting which represents inanimate objects, as fruit, flowers, dead game, etc.
Syn.
— Quiet; calm; noiseless; serene; motionless; inert; stagnant.
STILL
Still, n. Etym: [Cf. G. stille.]
1. Freedom from noise; calm; silence; as, the still of midnight. [Poetic]
2. A steep hill or ascent. [Obs.] W. Browne.
STILL Still, adv. Etym: [AS. stille quietly. See Still, a. The modern senses come from the idea of stopping and staying still, or motionless.]
1. To this time; until and during the time now present; now no less than before; yet. It hath been anciently reported, and is still received. Bacon.
2. In the future as now and before. Hourly joys be still upon you! Shak.