statue-still en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Absolutely still; motionless.
For the space of a minute he continued to regard us with alert intensity, jerking his head from side to side with very swift but graceful movements, yet otherwise standing statue-still.
1951, Ambrose Pratt, The Lore of the Lyrebird, Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, page 28: