Palpability

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being palpable. uncountable, usually

    "But the very palpability of the Hooks' happiness and contentment works against this novel's larger design, undermining Mr. Swift's supposition that this family could be blown to bits by a little revelation about DNA."

  2. 2
    the quality of being perceivable by touch wordnet

Example

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"But the very palpability of the Hooks' happiness and contentment works against this novel's larger design, undermining Mr. Swift's supposition that this family could be blown to bits by a little revelation about DNA."

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