importantly

Definition

  • adverb: in an important way
  • adverb: in an 'important' way
  • used to say that something is important

Examples

  • More 'importantly', [=it is more important that] the proposed law will have a harmful effect on funding for public schools.

  • Her research has contributed 'importantly' to our understanding of the disease.

  • He strutted to and fro 'importantly', ordering everybody around.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) I mean, you get coffee- and you run errands. Yet I am in charge of her schedule... her appointments and her expenses. And, um, most importantly, um... I get to go with her to Paris for Fashion Week in the fall. I get to wear couture. I go to all the shows and all the parties. (..)
    2006 The Devil Wears Prada