feelablyadv.
/ˈfiːləbli/, U.S. /ˈfiləbli/ rare between the 15th and early 19th centuries.
In a manner or to an extent capable of being felt or perceived; perceptibly, manifestly.
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society > communication > manifestation > [adverb]
outa1398
feelably?a1475
manifestlyc1475
livishly1530
lively1548
demonstratively1571
declaringly1583
exhibitively1611
manifestatively1649
ostensibly1762
ostensively1763
forthrightly1934
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > ability to be perceived by senses > [adverb]
sensiblya1398
sensually?a1425
palpablya1456
feelably?a1475
there1535
discernably1561
sensible1590
discernibly1645
distinguishably1704
perceptivelya1774
sensitively1797
?a1475 (a1396) W. Hilton Scale of Perfection (Harl. 6579) ii. xx. f. 83v Vntil a soule kan felablely þurwȝ grace noȝten him self.
c1480 (a1400) St. Thomas Apostle 392 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 140 By þre ensampile schawit he felably quhow ma þis be.
?1531 R. Whitford tr. Folowing of Christe iii. lix. f. cxxxv Nature hath gladly some outwarde solace wherin she may feleably delyght in her outwarde wyttes.
1826 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) VI. 554 I have been manifestly and feelably convalescing—and am yielding with a good grace to the conviction, that I am aging apace.
1890 J. C. Burnett Five Years' Experience New Cure Consumption 31 He is fretting and ailing, whines and complains, feelably indurated glands everywhere.
1913 Motor World 13 Nov. 35/2 Examination revealed nothing visibly or feelably wrong in the gearbox.
2012 K. Viswanathan & R. Freeman tr. R. Caddy Encounters with Babaji iv. 193 A powerful majesty and a feelably deep blessing emanates from Him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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