IMPRESSIVELY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does impressively mean? 

• IMPRESSIVELY (adverb)
  The adverb IMPRESSIVELY has 1 sense:

1. in an impressive manner

  Familiarity information: IMPRESSIVELY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPRESSIVELY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an impressive manner

Synonyms:

imposingly; impressively

Context example:

the students progressed impressively fast

Antonym:

unimpressively (in an unimpressive manner)

Pertainym:

impressive (making a strong or vivid impression)

 Context examples 

"It isn't a mere pleasure trip to me, girls," she said impressively, as she scraped her best palette.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"No!" he replied impressively, "there is nothing worth my staying for;" and he was gone directly.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I never saw, in any painting or reality, horror and compassion so impressively blended.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The bride was elegantly dressed; the two bridesmaids were duly inferior; her father gave her away; her mother stood with salts in her hand, expecting to be agitated; her aunt tried to cry; and the service was impressively read by Dr.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Remember that, and be a sensible girl, said the old lady impressively.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"Theodore Laurence, you ought to be the happiest boy in the world," she added impressively.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

He touched his head impressively and I nodded.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)