intangibly
intangible
noun[ Cusually plural ]
uk /ɪnˈtæn.dʒə.bəl/ us /ɪnˈtæn.dʒə.bəl/

intangiblenoun[C usually plural]

something that exists but that cannot be touched, exactly described, or given an exact value:
Common sense and creativity are some of the intangibles we're looking for in an employee.
His ability to inspire and lead players is an intangible that is difficult to quantify.
Intangibles like communication, collaboration, and leadership affect a management team.
The jump in consumer confidence is based on the intangible of improved expectation.
Intangibles such as name recognition and loyalty are important.

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intangible | American Dictionary

intangible
adjective
us/ɪnˈtæn·dʒə·bəl/
influencing you but not able to be seen or physically felt:
There is the intangible benefit of playing a home game before a friendly crowd.

intangible

noun[ C ]us/ɪnˈtæn·dʒə·bəl/
Common sense and creativity are some of the intangibles we’re looking for in the people we hire.

intangible | Business English

intangible
adjective
uk /ɪnˈtændʒəbl/us
used about a feeling or quality that does not exist in a physical way, or that is difficult to describe:
intangible benefit/rewardHe pointed to some of the intangible benefits of the job, such as knowing that you are making a contribution to society.
The CEO had that intangible quality that we call charisma.
ACCOUNTING, FINANCE
used about something that has value for a business, although it does not exist in a physical way:
intangible capital/property/valueExamples of intangible property include bonds, shares, copyrights, and patents.
intangible
noun[ C,usually plural ]
uk /ɪnˈtændʒəbl/us
something that does not exist in a physical way, or that is difficult to describe:
The list of requirements for the job includes intangibles such as self-reliance, persuasiveness, etc.
ACCOUNTING, FINANCE
→ intangible asset:
Never underestimate the value of intangibles for your business.

Examples of intangible

intangible
Epistemological realism thus sets in and a relatively intangible process is reified, that is, treated as an entity, almost as a thing.
Those complex intangibles outside the content, those messy, obscure, but persisting traditions, forces, organizations, and social structures are harder to package.
In the first place, the principle that craft knowledge was a legitimate form of intangible property was established.
The working of venture capital firms as bundlers of knowledge and capital with other qualified intangible inputs has been well explored.
Ecological services, amenity value (tangible and intangible), intergenerational equity and existence values are significant indirect reasons to conserve biodiversity.
Possible early detection of serious gastrointestinal disease, and other intangible reasons are valid reasons for referral to endoscopy (19).
Within the intangible hand framework, both sanctions and rewards are sensitive to the context in which the behavior is taking place.
Costs are categorized as direct, indirect, and intangible.
Such afforested area will not be able to substitute completely the natural forest, in terms of all the tangible and intangible resources.
In both, the aim has been to emphasise the important architectural objective of embodying the intangible in the tangible.
It is a subject of profound critical importance that is often the most difficult and intangible to account for and theorize.
This brings together both the tangible and intangible qualities that one finds in successful built environments.
British forces responded to political intangibles : estimates of hostile intentions and hints gleaned from intelligence reports.
The foregoing are not fuzzy intangibles but part of the stock of social and human capital that differentiate life's chances.
Experts, if carefully selected, have in mind information that can be characterized as quantitative and qualitative, tangible and intangible, objective and subjective.
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