2 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: impressiveness noun: splendid or imposing in size or appearance; "the grandness of the architecture" [syn: {grandness}, {magnificence}] 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

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