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impressingly

impressingly adverb: in an impressing manner.

Adverb

impressingly (comparative more impressingly, superlative most impressingly)

  1. In an impressing manner.
    • So ſhall he always hit the right and touching ſenſibility of tone, and move his auditors, impreſſingly: […]a. 1751, Aaron Hill, “An Essay on the Art of Acting”, in The Works of the Late Aaron Hill, Esq; […], volume IV, London: […] [F]or the Benefit of the Family, published 1753, page 367
    • In impressing upon his audience, that it was not the amount of worldly contributions, but the sacrifice made by the individual from his means, which found favor in the eye of heaven; the preacher impressingly referred his hearers to the history of the poor widow who cast in her two mites into the...1822 October, The Calcutta Monthly Journal, volume XLII, number 336, page 523

Examples of impressingly in a sentence

  • Moses went to make known this encouragement to the people; but, and the observation is impressingly suggestive, “they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.”1850, John Kitto, Daily Bible Illustrations: Being Original Readings for a Year, on Subjects from Sacred History, Biography, Geography...
  • His sentences were exceedingly short, and his style impressingly simple.1850, Robert Boyle C[rawford] Howell, “A Tribute to the Memory of Rev. James Whitsitt, of Tennessee”, in Enoch Hutchinson, editor, The...
  • (Impressingly,) I am content with my lot, sir.1854 June 15, Asteroid [pseudonym], “Does the Moon Rotate? Dialogue between the Lady of the Moon and a Practical Astronomer”, in United...
  • Impressingly, the BMW brand value represents over 25% of the enterprise market cap.2016, Luc Bardin with Clara Bardin and Elsa Bardin, The Enduring Strategic Brand: How Brand-Led Organisations Over-Perform Sustainably...

Forms of impressingly

comparativemore impressingly
superlativemost impressingly

Origin of impressingly

From impressing + -ly.

Questions about impressingly

What does impressingly mean?
Impressingly means in an impressing manner.
How do you use impressingly in a sentence?
Moses went to make known this encouragement to the people; but, and the observation is impressingly suggestive, “they hearkened not unto Moses, for anguish of spirit and for cruel bondage.”
What part of speech is impressingly?
Impressingly is an adverb.

Words near impressingly in the dictionary

  1. impressibility
  2. impressible
  3. impressibleness
  4. impressibly
  5. impressing
  6. impressingly
  7. impression
  8. impressionability
  9. impressionable
  10. impressionableness
  11. impressionables

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