physicalness


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Noun1.physicalness - the quality of being physical; consisting of matter
quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare
concreteness - the quality of being concrete (not abstract)
palpability, tangibility, tangibleness - the quality of being perceivable by touch
substantiality, substantialness, solidness - the quality of being substantial or having substance
reality - the quality possessed by something that is real
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"We need to play with a physicalness, a mentality and a toughness that you play the game of football with."
''We went out there, and we matched their intensity and matched their physicalness,'' Lyles said.
"When a baby dies you miss the physicalness of having an infant there, of holding them, smelling them - you miss that so much.

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