Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palpably

/pˈælpəbli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: pal-pa-bly
IPA: /pˈælpəbli/

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a palpable manner; tangibly.

Example Sentences

"[…] Exiſtence is a perfection: Firſt it is palpably plain, according to that ſenſible Aphoriſm of Solomon, Better is a living Dog then a dead Lyon."
"Mrs. Brown withdrawn, Phoebe came presently to bed to me, and what with the answers she drew from me, what with her own method of palpably satisfying herself"
"God was palpably present in the country, and the devil had gone with the world to town."
"In the case of senior police or government officials who were palpably guilty of serving Nazi interests via the puppet regimes that employed them, this defence was at best disingenuous."

Etymology

Etymology tree English palpable Middle English -ly English -ly English palpably From palpable + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more palpably (comparative) most palpably (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce palpably?: The recorded pronunciation is /pˈælpəbli/.
What does palpably mean?: In a palpable manner; tangibly.
Where does palpably come from?: Etymology tree English palpable Middle English -ly English -ly English palpably From palpable + -ly.

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