tangibly

ADVERB

apparently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

allegedly ostensibly possibly probably supposedly

WEAK

as if as though at a glance at first sight in all likelihood intuitively it appears that it seems that most likely on the face of it outwardly plausibly professedly reasonably reputably speciously superficially to all appearances

Antonyms

STRONGEST

improbably unlikely

WEAK

dubiously equivocally questionably uncertain

ADVERB

materially

Synonyms

STRONGEST

palpably physically substantially

WEAK

actually bodily corporeally mundanely objectively ponderably really sensibly

Antonyms

WEAK

immaterially slightly unsubstantially

ADVERB

ostensively

Synonyms

WEAK

allegedly as if as though at a glance at first sight evidently externally in all likelihood intuitively it appears that it seems that most likely on the face of it ostensibly outwardly plausibly possibly probably professedly reasonably reputably seemingly speciously superficially supposedly to all appearances

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Building tools that tangibly improve productivity would be a big win.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

She concluded that money brought her joy when she used it to buy things that would tangibly improve her life, and to celebrate her achievements, even small ones.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

But how much a new strength and conditioning staff can tangibly affect wins and losses for the Trojans remains to be seen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

Progressive supporters of the Pope have long argued that while little has tangibly changed in terms of gay rights in Catholicism, Pope Francis has changed the tone of the Church’s attitude.

From BBC • May 27, 2024

But the ancients, including no less a figure than Euclid, believed that we see by virtue of rays somehow emitted by the eye and tangibly, actively contacting the object observed.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

tangibly

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