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

  • (..) stop in Dallas over lunch, and finish the day in San Francisco, all for the price of a T line. Our inflated travel budget is eviscerated by %. And more importantly to you guys on the road, no more Christmases in a hotel in Tulsa, no more hours lost to weather delays. You get to come home. (..)
    2009 Up in the Air