Adjective : an impressive ceremony; an impressive appearance. From Dictionary.com.
I think it is the same element of impressiveness which is suggested in the figure of the advancing wave. From Wordnik.com. [Things That Matter Most: Devotional Papers] Reference
No impressiveness in the object can atone for exclusiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864] Reference
Few funerals have been characterised by greater impressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of the Humber or the History of the Late Mr. John Ellerthorpe] Reference
He is duly sworn, and then Mr. O'Meara begins, with much impressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Diamond Coterie] Reference
It seems to lose something of its impressiveness, because it is universal. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship] Reference
More awful in its gripping impressiveness than the most terrific cannonading. From Wordnik.com. [The Greater Love] Reference
From Eisenhower forward, here is what I came up with (in order of impressiveness). From Wordnik.com. [Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch -- July, 2010] Reference
Hodges paused, as if to give greater impressiveness to the conclusion of his harangue. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of the Blue Ridge] Reference
Earth, 'though wretchedly written, have also a vaguely vast imaginative impressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Literature] Reference
I said these words slowly and deliberately, and giving them all the impressiveness I was able. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851] Reference
We had always imagined that the Grand Canyon lost its depth and impressiveness below Diamond Creek. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico] Reference
Astonished and subdued by the impressiveness of my manner and the singularity of my words, they obeyed. From Wordnik.com. [Venus in Boston; A Romance of City Life] Reference
I wish you could hear the lectures as she gives them, with all her grace and beauty and impressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Right Knock A Story] Reference
Indeed, few past Mayors can at all compare with him either in personal impressiveness or financial acumen. From Wordnik.com. [Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886] Reference
Lighted candles on the altars and the burning of fragrant incense lent an additional impressiveness to worship. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
The shrine and the details of this rock-bound temple were very simple, but there was a weird impressiveness about it. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
Poissy, with wonderful impressiveness, as preparatory to that reformer's grand vindication of the creed of the Protestants of. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)] Reference
They do have, to be sure, a certain mimetic impressiveness as mere sounds; but that is very vague; the meaning makes it specific. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Aesthetics] Reference
Against the wide blue of the open heaven his figure took on an imposing splendor of mien and an unmodern impressiveness of action. From Wordnik.com. [In and out of Three Normady Inns] Reference
Most incidents of soldier life grow tame, but to the last the spectacle of the column on march retained its impressiveness for me. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 4, October, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
The very simplicity of vaccination detracts from its impressiveness unless its results are viewed through the vista of the centuries. From Wordnik.com. [Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86] Reference
The physician paused, amid a deep hush that bore eloquent testimony to the impressiveness of the thought to which he had given utterance. From Wordnik.com. [Tales of Destiny] Reference
The scene to my mind was most impressive, and the impressiveness was heightened by a continuous dull roar, which never ceased for a moment. From Wordnik.com. [Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland] Reference
It is the wealth of His interests and the variety of His sympathy which give to the ministry of the Son of Man its impressiveness and charm. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
Headquarters dealing with the action of troops in the field, those were so few and of so little impressiveness that they have been forgotten. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919] Reference
Mr. Laird's address was full of dignity and impressiveness, and couched in the picturesque language which, interpreted by the inimitable Jerry. From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
It has a majestic dignity and impressiveness exceeding that of any other work of man; as it is approached one feels like an ant in its presence. From Wordnik.com. [A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel] Reference
The time for the momentous vote had now come, and no language could describe the solemnity and impressiveness of the spectacle pending the roll-call. From Wordnik.com. [Political Recollections 1840 to 1872] Reference
Yet -- as simply told as possible -- there are many incidents of this great tragedy which nothing has ever surpassed or ever can surpass in impressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
Its impressiveness, indeed, arises in part from the fact that it is one of the few great volcanic mountains whose entire height may be seen from tide level. From Wordnik.com. [The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier'] Reference
It is a structure difficult to describe, but a few outlines with the aid of the illustrations may give you some idea at least of its size and impressiveness. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
Ruskin compares this cartoon for impressiveness in the perfect manifestation of the grotesque and caricature in art with Hood's "Song of the Shirt" in poetry. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
It is impossible to convey an idea of the impressiveness of the scene as we stood on this hill, gazing out on a landscape significant of war and carnage on every side. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in the Far East] Reference
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