imˈpressionary, a.
[f. as prec. + -ary.]
= impressionistic a. 1.
| 1889 A. Meynell The Newlyn School in Art Jrnl. No. 53. 140 The beautiful lucid surface..capable of reflections which are in themselves an intricate yet distinctively impressionary study. 1891 Athenæum 27 June 831/2 An impressionary drawing of ‘A Reception at Archbishop's House’. 1895 Pall Mall G. 11 Oct. 4/2 The most impressionary and modern of narrative descriptions—even whole sentences without any verb, which is your real impressionary style, as generally understood. |