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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Modality

/məd-ăl'-ət-ē/ · Mo·dal·i·ty · IPA /mədˈælətiː/
01 n. The quality or state of being modal.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being modal.
  2. 2.
    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.(Logic & Metaph.)