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Modality n.

The quality or state of being modal.

(Logic & Metaph.) A modal relation or quality; a mode or point of view under which an object presents itself to the mind. According to Kant, the quality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or apodeictic.

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Etymology of 'Modality'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Modality" Quotes from Famous Books

... implication being that the speaker wishes to know the truth of the matter and that the person spoken to is expected to give him the information. The interrogative sentence possesses an entirely different "modality" from the declarative one and implies a markedly different attitude of the speaker towards his companion. An even more striking change in personal relations is effected if we interchange the farmer and the duckling. The duckling kills the farmer ...

— Language - An Introduction to the Study of Speech • Edward Sapir

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