[kwah-lee, -ley, kwey-lee] 
[-lee-uh] . Philosophy. | 1. | a quality, as bitterness, regarded as an independent object. |
| 2. | a sense-datum or feeling having a distinctive quality. |
| qua·le (kwä'lē) n. pl. qua·li·a (-lē-ə) A property, such as whiteness, considered independently from things having the property. [From Latin quāle, neuter of quālis, of what kind; see quality.] |