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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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōnembor. French impression Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French impressionnistebor. English impressionist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic ▲ Latin impressiōder. Old French impressionder. English impression ▲ Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist ▲ English -ic English -istic English impressionistic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al 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 Middle English -ally English -ally English impressionistically From impressionistic + -ally.

Meanings

1. In an impressionistic manner.
   • I make no claim to understanding it, I treat it merely impressionistically. 1909, William James, A Pluralistic Universe:
   • Separation Sunday and The Sunset Tree both work because their story cycles are composed not with conventional conflict-and-resolution plot mechanics but of emotional snapshots that work together impressionistically. 2005 May 27, Keith Harris, “Wish That I Knew What I Know Now”, in Chicago Reader:
   • Bertha's description of her as having flat red hair, a receding chin and long ear-rings was impressionistically accurate. 1914, Ada Leverson, Bird of Paradise:

Forms

Translations (3)

ru субъективно (in an impressionistic manner) · ru неполно (in an impressionistic manner) · ru разрозненно (in an impressionistic manner)