Adverb

(en adverb)

In an impressionistic manner.

* {{quote-book, year=1909, author=William James, title=A Pluralistic Universe, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=I make no claim to understanding it, I treat it merely impressionistically . }}

* {{quote-book, year=1914, author=Ada Leverson, title=Bird of Paradise, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Bertha's description of her as having flat red hair, a receding chin and long ear-rings was impressionistically accurate. }}

* {{quote-news, year=2005, date=May 27, author=Keith Harris, title=Wish That I Knew What I Know Now, work=Chicago Reader citation

, passage=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 . }}