impalpable
adjective
not palpable; incapable of being perceived by the sense of touch; intangible.
impalpably
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a word derived from
impalpable.
Example Sentences
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The agony is laid on deftly, sometimes almost impalpably.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eben seemed to be waving before their eyes an envelope and to be talking about intercepted letters which was all absurdly, impalpably funny.
From The Tyranny of Weakness by Paul Stahr
I have tried a further adaptation of this process when treating ores containing a large percentage of iron oxide, where the bulk of the gold is impalpably fine, and contained in the "gossan."
From Getting Gold: a practical treatise for prospectors, miners and students by J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Frances) Johnson
Harlan, looking at her profile, became aware that her chin, while of an engaging firmness, had that impalpably soft texture that suggests the powdered wing of a creamy butterfly.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Barrett Willoughby
At each sweep of the prodigious feather the fog grew thinner, until it melted impalpably away, and the former landscape returned, yet warm with the glowing sun.
From The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte
