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impressively

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 M P R EH1 S IH0 V L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In an impressive manner; forcibly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in an impressive manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the students progressed impressively fast

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: imposingly

Antonyms: unimpressively

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Latin impressusder. Middle English impressen English impress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English impressive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English impressively From impressive + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: impressionantment — in an impressive manner
  • Greek: εντυπωσιακά (entyposiaká) — in an impressive manner
  • Polish: imponująco — in an impressive manner
  • Portuguese: impressionantemente — in an impressive manner
  • Russian: впечатляюще (vpečatljajušče) — in an impressive manner
  • Spanish: impresionantemente — in an impressive manner
  • Ukrainian: вража́юче (vražájuče) — in an impressive manner