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Synonyms for imposingly

Grammar : Adv
Spell : im-poh-zing
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈpoʊ zɪŋ

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Définition of imposingly

Origin :
  • "that impresses by appearance or manner," 1786, from present participle of impose (v.). Related: Imposingly.
  • As in largely : adv to a great extent
Example sentences :
  • It is one of the most imposingly militant of all the castles of north Italy.
  • Extract from : « Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car » by Francis Miltoun
  • The room in which they were breakfasting was imposingly furnished.
  • Extract from : « The Last Entry » by William Clark Russell
  • The warrant was stamped, and imposingly written upon parchment.
  • Extract from : « Self-control » by Mary Brunton
  • This chilly gentleman rose, imposingly from behind a desk of snow.
  • Extract from : « A Singular Life » by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
  • He wore a suit of light-gray check, and was as imposingly handsome as usual.
  • Extract from : « The High Heart » by Basil King
  • On the other side of the fire, imposingly calm and large, sat Mr. Stonor, jammed tight into a capacious Windsor armchair.
  • Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
  • They were imposingly magnificent, but they were only as gorgeous clouds that marked the sunset of Mississippi steamboat travel.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • The southern slope of it is steep, but that to the north is imposingly precipitous.
  • Extract from : « Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II » by W. P. Haskett Smith
  • What makes me the maddest is that my wife says I'm an imposingly poor whist player at that.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • In forty-seven years they have swept an imposingly large number of unfair laws from the statute books of America.
  • Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
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