Talk:ощупью

RFD discussion: January 2016
Rfd-sense "gropingly" (adverb). This is just an ordinary use of the instrumental case. --WikiTiki89 23:31, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I disagree. "ощупь" is now mainly used in "на ощупь" or "ощупью". The meaning of "ощупью" is not immediately obvious from the original sense and is used wider. Also, there are lemmings - "Новый большой русско-английский словарь" and "Русско-английский словарь под общим руководством проф. А.И. Смирницкого". Keep--Anatoli T. (обсудить/вклад) 23:40, 6 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Well part of the problem is we have an inadequate definition of ощупь. It can easily be worded to make it obvious what "ощупью" and "на ощупь" would mean. But I do take your point that this word might not be common in any other expressions. This Ngram reveals that about 88.2% of the uses of the exact form "ощупь" are in the phrase "на ощупь", the form "ощупи" is very rare, and the other forms other than the instrumental don't even have Ngrams. Thus, I'll withdraw my nomination. --WikiTiki89 00:32, 7 January 2016 (UTC)