im‧pres‧sion‧is‧tic /ɪmˌpreʃəˈnɪstɪk◂/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: impression, impressionism, impressionist, impressiveness; adjective: impressionable, impressive ≠ unimpressive, impressionistic, unimpressed; adverb: impressively, impressionistically; verb: impress]
based on a general feeling of what something is like, rather than on specific facts or details:
The officers seemed to make only an impressionistic assessment.
—impressionistically /-kli/ adverb

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