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Recent Examples of impressively
And, most impressively, everything is under $30.
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Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
The Rapids finished the first half impressively down a man, then caught Edwards in a mistake in the 49th minute.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
Be sure to visit one of the former tufa quarries, with their impressively huge caverns.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2026
The keys are satisfying to type on and impressively hushed without feeling mushy.
—Aubrey Jowers, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
UConn’s coach is two wins away from his third national title in four years and, more impressively, is 10-0 against the point spread in the Sweet 16, Elite Eight and Final Four.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
The road to the very long lines began in February, when Congress, in resolving a broader government shutdown (the second in four months, impressively), could not agree on how to keep funding Homeland Security.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Even more impressively, another compound broke down fully at just 30°C, showing the method can work under milder conditions.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026
Prosper keeper Josie Juvera reacted to impressively get two hands to it but the power behind Colvin’s header was enough to push it through her gloves and into the net.
—Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2026
The Rapids finished the first half impressively down a man, then caught Edwards in a mistake in the 49th minute.
—Braidon Nourse, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
Be sure to visit one of the former tufa quarries, with their impressively huge caverns.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2026
The keys are satisfying to type on and impressively hushed without feeling mushy.
—Aubrey Jowers, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
UConn’s coach is two wins away from his third national title in four years and, more impressively, is 10-0 against the point spread in the Sweet 16, Elite Eight and Final Four.
—Jon Wilner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
The road to the very long lines began in February, when Congress, in resolving a broader government shutdown (the second in four months, impressively), could not agree on how to keep funding Homeland Security.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026
Even more impressively, another compound broke down fully at just 30°C, showing the method can work under milder conditions.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Mar. 2026
Prosper keeper Josie Juvera reacted to impressively get two hands to it but the power behind Colvin’s header was enough to push it through her gloves and into the net.
—Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for impressively
Adverb
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Santa Cruz, a hunk of volcanic rock wedged between the blues of sky and ocean and inhabited by over a thousand scrappy species of creatures and plants, feels magnificently wild.—
Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Mar. 2026
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Gill is a storm of rage, magnificently suppressing George’s base instincts for the sake of decorum.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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And here is a helpful tip — a teaspoon of honey enhances the flavors splendidly.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
31 Mar. 2026
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The ensemble works splendidly together.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Its shape, especially when rendered in the house’s iconic matelassé 3D quilting, gives the bag its richly textured, dimensional appeal.—
Andrea Zendejas,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2026
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Their quality, richly saturated and startlingly clear, transformed the market for the stone worldwide and earned Sauer widespread plaudits for both championing their use and stretching the definition of what an emerald could do.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
31 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Those mounds stood about six feet high while Litchfield’s church-like cathedral termite mounds imposingly reached up to 26 feet.—
Norma Meyer,
Oc Register,
26 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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If so, what is such a large and extravagantly funded force meant to do?—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
29 Mar. 2026
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Will Vicari’s wig and makeup design complete the extravagantly artificial fashion of the period.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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To be in a place built—so very expensively—on fossil fuels, listening to endless green talk from an industry profiting off planetary destruction, is far more discombobulating than the astonishing shopping options.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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The soundtrack boasts expensively familiar crowd-pleasers by the likes of Fleetwood Mac, David Bowie and Billy Joel.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The luxuriously plush microfiber hair towel wrap, with more than 25,000 positive reviews, is specially designed to gently and quickly dry hair, helping to prevent frizz and damage.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The camera lingers, luxuriously, on the dilapidated roadside.—
Elena Clavarino,
Air Mail,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Impressively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impressively. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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