tactility
Americannoun
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the quality, state, or degree of being tactile.
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Medicine/Medical. the ability to perceive with the sense of touch.
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Likewise, the camera observes Weinberg’s Tereza with a sensual tactility that I haven’t seen lavished on any actor over 70 who hasn’t spent her golden years at the plastic surgeon.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
At wide-open throttle, the raunchiness doesn’t come in wild quanta but in one smoothly linear, incredibly steep exponential function, with no interval for tactility and feedback.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
The tactility of the book encourages you to explore every nook and cranny of the house, which does already feel like a museum of sorts.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2025
The original “Beetlejuice” reinforced the tactility of Burton's movie magic more than it emphasized the brilliance of its casting.
From Salon • Sep. 9, 2024
Some say that it is helped by the echoes of its high-pitched voice, but there is no doubt as to its exquisite tactility.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur
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