impalpably
Example Sentences
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The agony is laid on deftly, sometimes almost impalpably.
From Time Magazine Archive
The dust rose up impalpably and spoke to him.
From The Prisoner by Alice Brown
The work of destruction is all the more perturbing to timorous spirits, and more harassing even to doughtier spirits, for being done impalpably, indirectly, almost silently and as if by unseen hands.
From On Compromise by John Morley
Harlan, looking at her profile, became aware that her chin, while of an engaging firmness, had that impalpably soft texture that suggests the powdered wing of a creamy butterfly.
From Where the Sun Swings North by Barrett Willoughby
Shaving of metal peel off, as other edges turn, so impalpably fine that five thousand must be laid side by side to make an inch.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various
