- Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible.
- Characterized by or conveying an illusion of tangibility: “Heaney must thus continue to be a poet rich in tactile language” (Helen Vendler).
- Used for feeling: a tactile organ.
- Of, relating to, or proceeding from the sense of touch; tactual: a tactile reflex.
[From Latin tāctilis, from tāctus, past participle of tangere, to touch. See tact.]
tactilely tac'tile·ly adv.tactility tac·til'i·ty (-tĭl'ĭ-tē) n.





