Idioms for still

    still and all, nonetheless; even with everything considered: Even though you dislike us, still and all you should be polite.

Origin of still

1
before 900; (adj. and adv.) Middle English still(e), Old English stille; (noun) Middle English: a calm, derivative of the adj.; (v.) Middle English styllen, Old English stillan; (conjunction) derivative of the adv.; akin to German still (adj.), stille (adv.), stillen (v.), Dutch stil (adj. and adv.), stillen (v.); see stall1

synonym study for still

2. Still, quiet, hushed, noiseless, silent indicate the absence of noise and of excitement or activity accompanied by sound. Still indicates the absence of sound or movement: The house was still. Quiet implies relative freedom from noise, activity, or excitement: a quiet engine; a quiet vacation. Hushed implies the suppression of sound or noise: a hushed whisper. Noiseless and silent characterize that which does not reveal its presence or movement by any sound: a noiseless footstep; silent dissent. 18. See but1.

Words nearby still

stilbite, stile, stiletto, stiletto heel, stilicho, still, still alarm, still and all, still frame, still hunt, still layer

Words related to still and all

besides, but, even, furthermore, however, nevertheless, nonetheless, notwithstanding, though, yet, howbeit, withal

British Dictionary definitions for still and all (1 of 2)

Derived forms of still

stillness, noun

Word Origin for still

Old English stille; related to Old Saxon, Old High German stilli, Dutch stollen to curdle, Sanskrit sthānús immobile

British Dictionary definitions for still and all (2 of 2)

still 2
/ (stɪl) /

noun

an apparatus for carrying out distillation, consisting of a vessel in which a mixture is heated, a condenser to turn the vapour back to liquid, and a receiver to hold the distilled liquid, used esp in the manufacture of spirits
a place where spirits are made; distillery

Word Origin for still

C16: from Old French stiller to drip, from Latin stillāre, from stilla a drip; see distil

Idioms and Phrases with still and all (1 of 2)

still and all

Nevertheless, all the same, as in But still and all, trekking in Nepal is an expensive undertaking. Although critics believe this idiom is an unnecessarily long form of the adverb still, it has been used since the early 1800s and remains current.

Idioms and Phrases with still and all (2 of 2)

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