Meanings
comparative more impressionistically · superlative most impressionistically
- In an impressionistic manner.
I make no claim to understanding it, I treat it merely impressionistically.
1909, William James, A Pluralistic Universe2 more examples
Bertha's description of her as having flat red hair, a receding chin and long ear-rings was impressionistically accurate.
1914, Ada Leverson, Bird of ParadiseSeparation 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.
2005 May 27, Keith Harris, “Wish That I Knew What I Know Now”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pres-
- Proto-Italic*pres-
- Latinpremō
- Latinimprimō
- Latinimpressiōnem
- Frenchimpression
- Frenchimpressionniste
- Englishimpressionist
- Latinimpressiō
- Old Frenchimpression
- Englishimpression
- Englishimpressionistic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishimpressionistically
From impressionistic + -ally.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Russian субъективно, неполно
- субъективно (subʺjektivno)in an impressionistic manner
- неполно (nepolno)in an impressionistic manner
- разрозненно (razroznenno)in an impressionistic manner
Cite this entry
impressionistically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impressionistically
“impressionistically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impressionistically. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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