tangible
adjective
capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial.
tangibility
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a word derived from
tangible.
Example Sentences
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In contrast, the ease of digital payments often results in mindless spending, as the tangibility of cash is replaced by abstract numbers on a screen.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024
Eric Hoffer famously said that “Usually the strength of a mass movement is proportionate to the vividness and tangibility of its devil.”
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2024
“Tim likes the reality of things and the tangibility of things,” Scruton adds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2023
Residents interact with the fruits of the SDOT’s labor every day, by car, foot, bus or bike — a level of tangibility not always obvious in, say, the Department of Neighborhoods.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 13, 2022
And as for ghosts, it is enough for a man of common sense to observe, that a ghost and a shadow are concluded in the same definition, that is, visibility without tangibility.
From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
