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
Almost impalpably it added to the familiar feeling—or lack of feeling—with regard to Robin.
From The Head of the House of Coombe by Frances Hodgson Burnett
For awhile it floated uncertainly and impalpably before him, and only slowly, like an approaching spectre, took upon itself shape and presence.
From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by John Turvill Adams
She bent her head over her work again, holding it up to the light from time to time and straining her eyes to catch the exact thread with her almost impalpably fine needle.
From The Squirrel-Cage by John Alanzo Williams
What rich minerals float impalpably in your tawny waters?
From The Magnificent Adventure Being the Story of the World's Greatest Exploration and the Romance of a Very Gallant Gentleman by Emerson Hough
