imposing
adjective
very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc..
imposingly
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a word derived from
imposing.
Example Sentences
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Baranov, who was inspired in part by an actual Putin aide, Vladislav Surkov, is played by Paul Dano with what is meant to be an imposingly implacable style.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026
Two cruise ships tower imposingly over a sleepy port in the Brazilian Amazon where some 50,000 people are gathering for a UN climate conference.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025
“That was great fun,” Augé said backstage at the festival the next morning, looking only a little less imposingly cool dressed in satiny civilian clothes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2024
The building, dating back to the late 19th Century, sits imposingly on the high street and has been on sale for a handful of change shy of £250,000.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2023
She saw him to be imposingly superficial; she perceived him to be a man whose polished filigrees would ring hollow at so much as one sincere tap of the finger-nail.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
