impressivelyadv.
In an impressive manner; in a way fitted to impress.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adverb]
feelingly?a1425
sensibly?a1425
imprintingly1594
powerfully1766
imposingly1812
impressively1818
tellingly1832
possessingly1919
1818 in H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang.
1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. vi. 110 The King..impressively assured him that he considered him the happiest man in England.
1841 J. W. Orderson Creoleana xvii. 209 The funeral service was impressively performed.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xvi. 115 My guide..repeating the warning more impressively before I attended to it.
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