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palpably

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Palpable  \Pal"pa*ble\,  a.  [F.  palpable,  L.  palpabilis  fr 
  palpare  to  feel  stroke;  cf  palpus  the  soft  palm  of  the 
  hand.] 
  1.  Capable  of  being  touched  and  felt;  perceptible  by  the 
  touch;  as  a  palpable  form  --Shak. 
 
  Darkness  must  overshadow  all  his  bounds,  Palpable 
  darkness.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Easily  perceptible;  plain;  distinct;  obvious;  readily 
  perceived  and  detected;  gross;  as  palpable  imposture; 
  palpable  absurdity;  palpable  errors.  ``Three  persons 
  palpable.''  --P.  Plowman. 
 
  [Lies]  gross  as  a  mountain,  open  palpable.  --Shak. 
  --  {Pal"pa*ble*ness},  n.  --  {Pal"pa*bly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  palpably 
  adv  :  so  as  to  be  palpable;  "she  was  palpably  nervous"




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