All 9 Uses of
tangible
in
A Wrinkle in Time
- Silence fell between them, as tangible as the dark tree shadows that fell across their laps and that now seemed to rest upon them as heavily as though they possessed a measurable weight of their own.
p. 59.5tangible = clearly evident
- Darkness has a tangible quality; it can be moved through and felt; in darkness you can bark your shins; the world of things still exists around you.
p. 65.4tangible = touchable
- She? he? it? smiled at them, and the radiance of the smile was as tangible as a soft breeze, as directly warming as the rays of the sun.
p. 74.5 *tangible = clearly felt
- It was not even as tangible as a cloud.
p. 81.3tangible = touchable
- The coldness deepened and swirled all about her and through her, and was filled with a new and strange kind of darkness that was a completely tangible thing, a thing that wanted to eat and digest her like some enormous malignant beast of prey.
p. 110.7tangible = clearly evident
- It was almost a tangible feeling as the atoms of the strange material seemed to part to let him through to her.
p. 167.8tangible = capable of being touched
- It was completely empty except for the pulse, which seemed a tangible thing, and a round dais exactly in the center.
p. 174.3
- It was a music more tangible than form or sight.
p. 204.1tangible = real (clearly evident)
- Then there was a whirring, and Mrs Whatsit, Mrs Who, and Mrs Which were standing in front of them, and the joy and love were so tangible that Meg felt that if she only knew where to reach she could touch it with her bare hands.
p. 232.7tangible = evident
Definition:
capable of being touched, or easily understood so there is no question of its value or reality