Fromimpressionist +‎-ic orimpression +‎-istic.

impressionistic (comparativemoreimpressionistic,superlativemostimpressionistic)

1. Pertaining to or characterized byimpressionism.
2. Based onsubjective reactions or feelings; notsystematically researched or arrived at.
   • 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, inWorld Englishes, page124:

     Also, it must be remembered that claims made by Kindersley and Goffin wereimpressionistic, as opposed to being based on modern linguistic data collection and analysis methods.

3. Based onimpression rather than reason or fact; based on trying toimpress somebody rather than trying foraccuracy.
4. Impressible.

• William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “impressionistic”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.
• “impressionistic”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

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