Palpably

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a palpable manner; tangibly.

    "Mrs. Brown withdrawn, Phoebe came presently to bed to me, and what with the answers she drew from me, what with her own method of palpably satisfying herself"

Adverb
  1. 1
    so as to be palpable wordnet

Example

More examples

"Gorse bushes flaunted their colour, larch trees hung out their tassels and celandines starred the bright green grass in an air which seemed palpably blue."

Etymology

From palpable + -ly.

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