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Definition of Intangibilities
1. intangibility [n] - See also: intangibility
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intangibilities
Literary usage of Intangibilities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Annals of the Deaf by Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf (1909)
"Many people think voice culture akin to the occult—a mysterious subject woven of
vague intangibilities, impossible of comprehension save to the elect. ..."
2. The Old Red Sandstone: To which is Appended a Series of Geological Papers by Hugh Miller (1858)
"I was but a slim, loose-jointed boy at the time — fond of the pretty intangibilities
of romance, and of dreaming when broad awake ; and, woful change! ..."
3. Folklore by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1892)
"... as Dr. Tylor rightly affirms them to be by Savages, as " substantial material
beings", from such intangibilities as "shadows, reflections, dreams", ..."
4. The Foot-prints of the Creator: Or, The Asterolepsis of Stromness by Hugh Miller (1875)
"... loose-jointed boy at the time, fond of the pretty intangibilities of romance,
and of dreaming when broad awake; and wo- ful change! ..."
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