impressionistically
English
Etymology
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Latin imprimō
French impression
English impressionist
English impressionistic
English impressionistically
From impressionistic + -ally.
Adverb
impressionistically (comparative more impressionistically, superlative most impressionistically)
- In an impressionistic manner.
- 1909, William James, A Pluralistic Universe[1]:
- I make no claim to understanding it, I treat it merely impressionistically.
- 1914, Ada Leverson, Bird of Paradise[2]:
- Bertha's description of her as having flat red hair, a receding chin and long ear-rings was impressionistically accurate.
- 2005 May 27, Keith Harris, “Wish That I Knew What I Know Now”, in Chicago Reader[3]:
- Separation Sunday and The Sunset Tree both work because their story cycles are composed not with conventional conflict-and-resolution plot mechanics but of emotional snapshots that work together impressionistically.
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (fare)
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pres-
- English terms suffixed with -ally
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