impressionistically

impressionistic +‎ -ally

impressionistically (comparative more impressionistically, superlative most impressionistically)

1. In an impressionistic manner.
   • 1909, William James, A Pluralistic Universe‎:

     I make no claim to understanding it, I treat it merely impressionistically.

   • 1914, Ada Leverson, Bird of Paradise‎:

     Bertha's description of her as having flat red hair, a receding chin and long ear-rings was impressionistically accurate.

   • 2005 May 27, Keith Harris, “Wish That I Knew What I Know Now”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     Separation Sunday and The Sunset Tree both work because their story cycles are composed not with conventional conflict-and-resolution plot mechanics but of emotional snapshots that work together impressionistically.