[Ads-l] almost tangible

Barretts Mail mail.barretts at GMAIL.COM
Wed Oct 31 20:07:21 UTC 2018


The English OLD has 21 sample sentences for “tangible,” meaning “perceptible by touch," each one of them as “almost tangible.” It seems odd to define a word that isn’t really used in any sample sentences.

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/tangible <https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/tangible>


So I looked on Merriam-Webster for examples without “almost” and did find some.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangible <https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tangible>

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA
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