palpable
adjective
readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident.
palpably
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a word derived from
palpable.
Example Sentences
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This midsize five-seat, four-door, dual-motor SUV, with a palpably rigid mixed-metal monocoque and body panels, weighs 5,000 pounds, at most.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
"It's almost palpably eager to please – and if you don't welcome it right into your heart, you might want to check there's not some marmalade gumming it shut."
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025
“She asked me maybe two things about my symptoms, and didn’t mention perimenopause at all,” Donna recalled, still palpably frustrated.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2025
Stokes was constantly holding parts of his body, yet the skidding in-swinger to Rahul was palpably leg-before.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2025
Now, with his hands folded over his stomach, answering questions with the pacific smile of a pontiff granting dispensations, he was so perfectly at his ease that there was something palpably dishonest about it.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
