without moving or making a sound; "he sat still as a statue"; "time stood still"; "they waited stock-still outside the door"; "he couldn't hold still any longer
Cornelius Tacitus is called Cornelius the Still in the Fardle of Facions, still being a translation of the Latin word tacitus Cornelius the Stylle in his first book of his yerely exploietes called in Latine Ansales - Ch iii s 3 (1555)