impressionisticallyadv.
In an impressionistic manner (in various senses); from the point of view of an impressionist.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > irregularity > [adverb] > without system or method
unmethodically1632
unsystematically1749
impressionistically1909
presystematically1951
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > period, movement, or school of art > late 19th and 20th centuries > [adverb] > impressionist
impressionistically1909
the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > [adverb] > non-systematically or subjectively
impressionistically1960
1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe iii. 92 I make no claim to understanding it, I treat it merely impressionistically.
1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. ii When you smile, Miss Collins, I see you impressionistically.
1924 J. A. Hammerton Countries of World III. 1507/1 Their flowers..painted (impressionistically but with unerring truth of impression) in their frescoes.
1926 W. J. Locke Old Bridge i. i I try to express myself..impressionistically.
1960 H. Orton in Orbis IX. 337 The fieldworkers transcribed the informants' responses phonetically, and impressionistically, in the phonetic alphabet of the International Phonetic Association.
1964 F. Bowers Bibliogr. & Textual Crit. ii. iii. 51 The hypothesis is factually, not impressionistically, based.
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