IMPOSINGLY

impressively, imposingly

(adverb) in an impressive manner; ā€œthe students progressed impressively fastā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

imposingly (comparative more imposingly, superlative most imposingly)

In an imposing manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Im*pos"ing*ly, adv.

Definition: In an imposing manner.

IMPOSING

Im*pos"ing, a.

1. Laying as a duty; enjoining.

2. Adapted to impress forcibly; impressive; commanding; as, an imposing air; an imposing spectacle. "Large and imposing edifices." Bp. Hobart.

3. Deceiving; deluding; misleading.

Im*pos"ing, n. (Print.)

Definition: The act of imposing the columns of a page, or the pages of a sheet. See Impose, v. t., 4. Imposing stone (Print.), the stone on which the pages or columns of types are imposed or made into forms; - - called also imposing table.

IMPOSE

Im*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Imposed; p. pr. & vb. n. Imposing.] Etym: [F. imposer; pref. im- in + poser to place. See Pose, v. t.]

1. To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit. Cakes of salt and barley [she] did impose Within a wicker basket. Chapman.

2. To lay as a charge, burden, tax, duty, obligation, command, penalty, etc.; to enjoin; to levy; to inflict; as, to impose a toll or tribute. What fates impose, that men must needs abide. Shak. Death is the penalty imposed. Milton. Thou on the deep imposest nobler laws. Waller.

3. (Eccl.)

Definition: To lay on, as the hands, in the religious rites of confirmation and ordination.

4. (Print.)

Definition: To arrange in proper order on a table of stone or metal and lock up in a chase for printing; -- said of columns or pages of type, forms, etc.

Im*pose", v. i.

Definition: To practice trick or deception. To impose on or upon, to pass or put a trick on; to delude. "He imposes on himself, and mistakes words for things." Locke.

Im*pose", n.

Definition: A command; injunction. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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