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1. A particular form, method or procedure in which something is presented, exists, etc.
    
2. A classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity, possibility or impossibility
   - mode
    
3. A verb inflection expressing how the action or state is conceived by the speaker
   - mood, mode
    
4. A particular sense
   - sense modality, sensory system
    
5. A method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment

Derived forms: modalities

Type of: grammatical relation, intervention, logical relation, sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency, treatment

Part of: physiatrics, physical therapy [US], physio [Brit, informal], physiotherapy [Brit, Cdn]

Encyclopedia: Modality