Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a tangible manner; so as to be perceptible to the touch.
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- adverb In a
tangible manner.
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- adverb in a tangible manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Physically, which is to say tangibly, it's still bread and wine.
Historical Christian 2008
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What I should have said is that, "tangibly, which is to say in physical attributes or 'accidents', the bread and wine remain."
Historical Christian 2008
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Physically, which is to say tangibly, it's still bread and wine.
Historical Christian 2008
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But its overnight sensationalism is highly representative of the cultural climate and this most tangibly connected but emotionally disconnected demographic.
Cody Brotter: Generation Friday: How Rebecca Black Gave Millennial Kids Their Label Cody Brotter 2011
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But its overnight sensationalism is highly representative of the cultural climate and this most tangibly connected but emotionally disconnected demographic.
Cody Brotter: Generation Friday: How Rebecca Black Gave Millennial Kids Their Label Cody Brotter 2011
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When we say life is what we make it, are we referring to what we tangibly construct in the outer world, or do we mean that life is what we make of it, that is, how we interpret it, what we imagine it to be?
Roger Housden: Why Writing Is a Foolish Pleasure Roger Housden 2011
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When we say life is what we make it, are we referring to what we tangibly construct in the outer world, or do we mean that life is what we make of it, that is, how we interpret it, what we imagine it to be?
Roger Housden: Why Writing Is a Foolish Pleasure Roger Housden 2011
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The conditional transfer intends to adjust this cost-benefit analysis for poor households by bringing the benefits of vaccination more tangibly and immediately into view and by reducing the cost associated with obtaining the vaccine.
Dr. Orin Levine: Vaccines for Children: Why We Need to Create Incentives Now Dr. Orin Levine 2011
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The ECB's latest monetary-policy measures, announced last week, are "important" and should be felt "tangibly" in the financial sector and the real economy, Mr. Draghi said.
ECB Chief Plays Down Hopes for Bigger Bond Purchases Tom Fairless 2011
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Something I'll wear every day, something that tangibly represents them, something precious, and something that I will pass down.
Right-Hand Man kittenpie 2009
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