All 4 Uses of
palpable
in
Emma
- She thought it would be an excellent match; and only too palpably desirable, natural, and probable, for her to have much merit in planning it.†
Chpt 1.3-4 *
- When Miss Smiths and Mr. Eltons get acquainted—they do indeed—and really it is strange; it is out of the common course that what is so evidently, so palpably desirable—what courts the pre-arrangement of other people, should so immediately shape itself into the proper form.†
Chpt 1.9-10
- —Whatever advantages she may have enjoyed with the Campbells are so palpably at an end!†
Chpt 2.15-16
- It was a palpable display, repeated on every possible occasion.†
Chpt 3.15-16
Definition:
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(palpable) very apparent (so strong, it almost seems to take a material form that can be touched)editor's notes: "Palpable" is frequently used to describe the intensity of an emotion shared between people who can see each other. The implication is that the emotion is so strong, it almost takes a material form that can be touched.