Explore Impressionistic through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like idea or thought. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Impressionistic in a sentence
Impressionistic meaning
- Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism.
- Based on subjective reactions or feelings; not systematically researched or arrived at.
- Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy.
Synonyms of Impressionistic
Using Impressionistic
- The main meaning on this page is: Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism. | Based on subjective reactions or feelings; not systematically researched or arrived at. | Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy.
- Useful related words include: idea, thought, impressionist, artistic movement.
- In the example corpus, impressionistic often appears in combinations such as: an impressionistic, and impressionistic.
Context around Impressionistic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 10 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Impressionistic
- In this selection, "impressionistic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, undoubtedly, beautiful, remarkable, painting, analysis and take stand out and add context to how "impressionistic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a remarkable impressionistic sensory experience and an innovative impressionistic journey filled. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "impressionistic" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with impressionistic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The films were fragmentary, impressionistic, lyrical. (6 words)
If one agrees with this undoubtedly impressionistic analysis, then two things follow. (12 words)
Her preferred medium is watercolor, and her style is more impressionistic than classical. (13 words)
They tended to prefer open air painting and the application of vibrant color in separate strokes with little pre-mixing, which allows the eye to merge the results in an "impressionistic" manner. (32 words)
Everything's a bit off-center, with autotuned melody lines rocketing back and forth between the listener's ears and lyrics that are more like impressionistic phrases than complete thoughts. (30 words)
Some of Cummings' most famous poems do not involve much, if any, odd typography or punctuation, but still carry his unmistakable style, particularly in unusual and impressionistic word order. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
A reference photo shows the dogs in neutral tones, but Beto’s Impressionistic painting bursts with golds, blues and pearl.
If one agrees with this undoubtedly impressionistic analysis, then two things follow.
There was also a multiscreen compilation of De Niro’s work, sound bites and all, that offered an impressionistic take on a career of nearly six decades.
We tried to show all the lows but also the highs and I think Sofia does it in this really sort of beautiful impressionistic way.
Everything's a bit off-center, with autotuned melody lines rocketing back and forth between the listener's ears and lyrics that are more like impressionistic phrases than complete thoughts.
Her preferred medium is watercolor, and her style is more impressionistic than classical.
I don’t read or write music, so I tell the musicians in impressionistic terms what I’m looking for.
Like “Krisha,” whose star has a cameo in “Waves,” “Waves” is a remarkable, impressionistic, sensory experience.
Linguistically playful and fresh, the play’s poetic origin gives it energy and rhythm, creating an impressionistic sweep rather than in-depth characterisations.
He recently published “Monhegan: Timeless Impressions of a Special Island,” a book of impressionistic photographs of the island.
He takes his listeners on an innovative, impressionistic journey filled with earthy, organic soundscapes, imparting a mood of peace and tranquility.
Critic Sergio Perosa, for example, wrote in his essay, "Stephen Crane fra naturalismo e impressionismo," that the work presents a "symbiosis" of Naturalistic ideals and Impressionistic methods.
However, besides such impressionistic data, basilectal Quebec French dialects can be scientifically divided into two main categories and five subcategories as follows.
In " Gourmet Night ", she is seen to draw a sketch (presumably an impressionistic caricature ) of Manuel, which everyone but Basil immediately recognises.
Saroyan endeavored to create a prose style full of zest for life and seemingly impressionistic, that came to be called "Saroyanesque".
Some of Cummings' most famous poems do not involve much, if any, odd typography or punctuation, but still carry his unmistakable style, particularly in unusual and impressionistic word order.
The earliest were memoirs by those who knew him: often they are personal or impressionistic accounts which can be good character sketches, but are sometimes factually unreliable.
The films were fragmentary, impressionistic, lyrical.
They tended to prefer open air painting and the application of vibrant color in separate strokes with little pre-mixing, which allows the eye to merge the results in an "impressionistic" manner.
Watching people playing the machines over long periods of time, the impressionistic evidence at least is that they are addictive to many people.
Common combinations with impressionistic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an impressionistic 4×
- and impressionistic 2×