Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

styll

/stɪl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: styll
IPA: /stɪl/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Usually added to the end of a sentence to add emphasis.

Slang

adv

Obsolete spelling of still.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"I’m no new here. So, don’t disrespect me for some new mans styll."
"¶ So streyt that to scape col{us} had noo space ¶ This seyng Colus be styll wythin abode."
"These beeing come ouer with an obscure and foggy close ayre, with many losses and a grieuous voyage, they beginne to remember what they haue past and lost: for the more that the compasse of the reuolucion, draweth neere to the discouerie of the Figure of the Center, the sooner they are passed ouer, styll shorter and shorter, and the more swyfter the course of the streame is into the deuouring swallow of the Center."
"The lady sate styll in the blacke chayre, in her prayers to God, and to the vyrgyne Mary, humbly prayenge them, by theyr specyall grace, to send her husbande the victory, accordynge to the ryght."

Etymology

Modern usage seems to have originated in Canadian slang, compare other modern respellings of i with y like whyte (which also coincides with an older spelling variant).

Usage

Questions

How do you pronounce styll?: The recorded pronunciation is /stɪl/.
What does styll mean?: Usually added to the end of a sentence to add emphasis.
Where does styll come from?: Modern usage seems to have originated in Canadian slang, compare other modern respellings of i with y like whyte (which also coincides with an older spelling variant).

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