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# still

«still» in Mova's early modern english dictionary: **always, continually** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### kind

archaic sense

### modern equivalent

always, continually

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Continually or always, going on without stopping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/still/#m1)

### how it differs from today

Today still usually means even now, or without moving. The first sentence uses the old sense of continually; the second uses today's sense of motionless; the third uses today's sense of even now.

### examples

- And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South. (Torah GEN.12.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/still/#x1)
- But Night stood still and mute. (Andersen's Fairy Tales) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/still/#x2)
- Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can't offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/still/#x3)

### primary record

still

### tests

manual 10.2; corpora 2556 (Torah 9, tales 2542, Sefer Yetzirah 5); EWT 141; ratio 1.0 (Torah alone 0.1); Wiktionary archaic (a sense)

### In the corpora

- [And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.322/)
- [For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.236/)
- [And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation had avenged themselves of their enemies.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.233/)
- [Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.290/)
- [But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be swept away, both ye and your king.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.300/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «still» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/emode/S/still/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.