Impressively

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Impressive \Im*press"ive\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]s"[i^]v), a. [Cf. F.
     impressif.]
     1. Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to
        impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch
        the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an
        impressive discourse; an impressive scene.


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     2. Capable of being impressed. [Obs.] --Drayton. --
        {Im*press"ive*ly}, adv. -- {Im*press"ive*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  impressively
       adv : in an impressive manner; "the students progressed
             impressively fast" [syn: {imposingly}] [ant: {unimpressively}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  82 Moby Thesaurus words for "impressively":
     abundantly, acutely, amazingly, amply, ardently, astonishingly,
     awesomely, conspicuously, copiously, effectively, elaborately,
     elegantly, eloquently, eminently, emphatically, exceptionally,
     expressively, exquisitely, extraordinarily, extravagantly,
     exuberantly, famously, fervently, fluently, forcefully, generously,
     glaringly, glibly, gloriously, glowingly, grandiosely, grandly,
     graphically, imposingly, in glowing terms, incredibly, intensely,
     luxuriously, magically, magnanimously, magnificently, majestically,
     markedly, marvelously, meaningfully, nobly, notably, particularly,
     passionately, peculiarly, pointedly, powerfully, preeminently,
     profusely, prominently, pronouncedly, proudly, remarkably, richly,
     signally, singularly, smoothly, spiritedly, splendaciously,
     splendidly, splendiferously, strikingly, sumptuously, superbly,
     superlatively, surpassingly, surprisingly, tellingly, uncommonly,
     unusually, vehemently, vigorously, vividly, warmly, wonderfully,
     wondrous, worthily