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impressionistic
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im·pres·sion·is·tic  (m-prsh-nstk)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or practicing impressionism.
2. Of, relating to, or predicated on impression as opposed to reason or fact: impressionistic memories of early childhood.
3. Impressionable.
im·pression·isti·cal·ly adv.
impressionistic
Adjective
1. Impressionistic of or about Impressionism
2. based on subjective observations or impressions rather than systematic study or facts: Mitchell was making impressionistic documentaries
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Adj.1.impressionistic - of or relating to or based on an impression rather than on facts or reasoning; "a surprisingly impressionistic review bearing marks of hasty composition"; "she had impressionistic memories of her childhood"
2.impressionistic - relating to or characteristic of Impressionism; "impressionist music"
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However, my style always remains the same--I dust and dance impressionistically.
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Pinkney trades in his characteristic vibrant scratchboard for a less successful muted watercolor palette in which the backgrounds of the field and the fans are unfinished washes of color while the foregrounds impressionistically feature a naive Joey and stoic Jackie.
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It would be interesting to discover whether the correlation that I draw impressionistically between the degree of exploitation in a given 'genius' household, and the character of the intellectual product produced, were confirmed, or qualified, by more systematic quantitative study.
'Genius' and the household mode of intellectual production: 1795-1885 by Koditschek, Theodore / Journal of Social History
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