[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

palpable \pal"pable\, a. f. palpable, l. palpabilis, fr.
   palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the
   hand.
   1. capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the
      touch; as, a palpable form. --shak.
      1913 webster

            darkness must overshadow all his bounds,
            palpable darkness.                    --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily
      perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture;
      palpable absurdity; palpable errors. "three persons
      palpable." --p. plowman.
      1913 webster

            lies gross as a mountain, open, palpable. --shak.
      1913 webster

            a hit, a very palpable hit.           --shak.
                                                  hamlet
      1913 webster -- pal"pableness, n. -- pal"pably,
      adv.
      1913 webster
see also:
pal"pableness pal"pably 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

palpably
     adv : so as to be palpable; "she was palpably nervous"

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