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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impressive \Im*press"ive\ ([i^]m*pr[e^]s"[i^]v), adjective [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.
2. Capable of being impressed. [Obs.] --Drayton. -- {Im*press"ive*ly}, adverb -- {Im*press"ive*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
impressively
adverb: 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
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