palpableness

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English

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Etymology

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palpable +‎ -ness

Noun

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palpableness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being palpable.
    • 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXIX, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:
      He brimmed with deep feeling as he replied in a steady voice, the steadiness of which was spoilt by the palpableness of his great effort to keep it so:— […]
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