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Slightly more detail in what I'm looking for.
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I'm looking for an adjective that can be used in an exchange like this:

Me: I have a gift for you.
Other: Is it the gift of happiness?
Me: I was thinking of something much more _____.

The blank would be a word that means something directly, explicitly, physically felt, like a kiss. The word "visceral" comes to mind, but that's:

which is not quite what I'm looking for.

I'm looking for an adjective that can be used in an exchange like this:

Me: I have a gift for you.
Other: Is it the gift of happiness?
Me: I was thinking of something much more _____.

The blank would be a word that means something directly, explicitly, physically felt. The word "visceral" comes to mind, but that's:

which is not quite what I'm looking for.

I'm looking for an adjective that can be used in an exchange like this:

Me: I have a gift for you.
Other: Is it the gift of happiness?
Me: I was thinking of something much more _____.

The blank would be a word that means something directly, explicitly, physically felt, like a kiss. The word "visceral" comes to mind, but that's:

which is not quite what I'm looking for.

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I'm looking for an adjective that can be used in an exchange like this:

Me: I have a gift for you.
Other: Is it the gift of happiness?
Me: I was thinking of something much more _____.

Me: I have a gift for you.
Other: Is it the gift of happiness?
Me: I was thinking of something much more _____.

The blank would be a word that means something directly, explicitly, physically felt. The word visceral"visceral" comes to mind, but that's:

relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.
felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body.

which is not quite what I'm looking for.

I'm looking for an adjective that can be used in an exchange like this:

Me: I have a gift for you.
Other: Is it the gift of happiness?
Me: I was thinking of something much more _____.

The blank would be a word that means something directly, explicitly, physically felt. The word visceral comes to mind, but that's

relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.
felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body.

which is not quite what I'm looking for.

I'm looking for an adjective that can be used in an exchange like this:

Me: I have a gift for you.
Other: Is it the gift of happiness?
Me: I was thinking of something much more _____.

The blank would be a word that means something directly, explicitly, physically felt. The word "visceral" comes to mind, but that's:

which is not quite what I'm looking for.

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Adjective that means physically felt

I'm looking for an adjective that can be used in an exchange like this:

Me: I have a gift for you.
Other: Is it the gift of happiness?
Me: I was thinking of something much more _____.

The blank would be a word that means something directly, explicitly, physically felt. The word visceral comes to mind, but that's

relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect.
felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body.

which is not quite what I'm looking for.