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Importantly

//ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    Used to mark a statement as having importance.

    "These potentially ground-breaking discoveries need to be tempered by the knowledge that very high doses - the equivalent of 100-plus bottles of red wine daily - were given to mice. Importantly, after resveratrol is absorbed into the blood, it is broken down quickly and may have limited effect in humans."

  2. 2
    In an important manner.

    "Even sitting in a restaurant, the person on a cell phone seems importantly busy and on the move."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an important way wordnet
  2. 2
    in an important way or to an important degree wordnet

Etymology

From important + -ly.

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