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In some senses, palpable is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.
adj
Capable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
Osric: A hit, a very palpable hit.
The imagination shuns to reveal its workings, unless it can clothe them in some lovely and palpable shape, and create into existence the high romance, the mournful song, the animated canvass, or the carved marble;...
Obvious or easily perceived; noticeable.
Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness,[…]. It was with a palpable relief that he heard the first warning notes of the figure.
Her voice, her palpable agitation, prepared us for something extraordinary.
That can be detected by palpation.