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Definition of Impressive

1. Adjective. Making a strong or vivid impression. "An impressive ceremony"

Definition of Impressive

1. a. Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene.

Definition of Impressive

1. Adjective. Making, or tending to make, an impression; having power to impress; adapted to excite attention and feeling, to touch the sensibilities, or affect the conscience; as, an impressive discourse; an impressive scene. ¹

2. Adjective. Capable of being impressed. ¹

3. Adjective. appealing ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Impressive

1. [adj]

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Literary usage of Impressive

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1. Oecd Economic Surveys: United Kingdom by OECD. (2005)
"impressive macroeconomic performance also reflects flexibility in labour and product markets Flexible labour and product markets have underpinned the recent ..."

2. Psychology, General Introduction by Charles Hubbard Judd (1917)
"Dreams impressive only because they are uncriticized. It will be seen from such considerations as these that a mature individual is brought in his sleep ..."

3. The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the Revolution by David Hume (1811)
"—Trial of Hastings, evidence for the prosecution closed —impressive speech of the defendant.—Session rises. ..."

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