Impressiveness

2 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]:

  impressiveness
       n : splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness
           of the architecture" [syn: {grandness}, {magnificence}]