sensaladj.

1662 P. D. C. tr. N. Le Fèvre Compend. Body Chymistry I. i. iii. 21 Chymical Philosophy doth admit for Principles of the Compound, those five substances whereof we have treated above, because as it is a Science wholly sensal, it grounds its reasons only upon what senses do demonstrate unto her.

a1866 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) xxi. 518 That part of our sensal organization which gives us knowledge of primary qualities, space, time (perhaps), pressure, &c.

1927 J. M. E. McTaggart Nature of Existence II. v. xxxviii. 116 We rejected the existence of matter and of sensa, because material and sensal qualities, as ordinarily defined, would not permit the determination, within the substances possessing them, of an infinite series of parts within parts.

1938 C. D. Broad Exam. McTaggart's Philos. II. vii. xxxiii. 249 McTaggart's argument against the possibility of extended particulars, whether material or sensal, breaks down at the fourth step in my synopsis of it.

1948 Italica 25 53 Shakespearian scholars..will find food for thought in..the treatment of the intellectual content and the sensal imagery of Shakespeare's lyrics.

1896 V. Welby in Mind 5 29 We might be allowed to coin a new derivative and speak of ‘sensal’ where we often now speak of ‘verbal’ questions.

1909 C. S. Peirce Let. 14 Mar. in P. P. Weiner Values in Universe Chance (1958) xxiv. 413 I gather..that it [sc. sense] is the first effect that a sign would have upon a mind well-qualified to comprehend it. Since you say that it is Sensal and has no Volitional element, I suppose it of the nature of an ‘impression.’