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importantly, adv.|ɪmˈpɔːtəntlɪ|
[-ly2.]
1. In an important manner or degree; weightily, momentously.
Now esp. common as a kind of sentence adverb preceded by more or most; in some contexts it is interchangeable with important and so has the function of a quasi-adj. Cf. important a. 4.
1611Shakes. Cymb. iv. iv. 19 When they..haue both their eyes And eares so cloyd importantly as now. 1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. lxv. (1739) 138 The publick was so importantly concerned. 1796A. Hamilton in Washington's Writ. (1892) XIII. 221 note, To render this act importantly and lastingly useful. 1861Wilson & Geikie Mem. E. Forbes xiv. 498 Noting not a little that bore importantly upon questions that were engaging..attention. 1878J. C. Collins Introd. Tourneur's Plays 25 Fifteen popular ballads..some of which..importantly illustrate Shakespeare. 1938C. Williams He came down from Heaven ii. 22 The main point is..the first outrage against pietas, and (more importantly) the first imagined proclamation of pietas from the heavens. 1941Jrnl. R. Aeronaut. Soc. XLV. 309 Just as importantly, the chart is of extreme value in forming any decisions as to the desirability of modifying..the track. 1962H. R. Williamson Day Shakespeare Died viii. 88 More importantly, Shakespeare, though using Holinshed as his main source, occasionally used Hall as the direct source of various passages. 1965M. Spark Mandelbaum Gate vii. 287 It appeared that Ruth assumed Barbara to be someone importantly on her side. 1965Listener 27 May 791/1 Edward Dahlberg's mother is a sizeable part of his literary capital. He dealt with her importantly in two novels. 1969Nature 1 Nov. 477/1 Most importantly, when the particles of the pair are brought together, they annihilate. 1972Ibid. 31 Mar. 200/2 And, most importantly with an internal lipid bilayer, a membrane. 1972Times 12 Apr. 16/5 Perhaps more importantly, income not applied to exclusively charitable purposes is not exempt from taxation. 1972Daily Tel. 31 Oct. 14/6 But, importantly in this case, there is a well-built girl attendant who is chased about the stage by someone bearing a striking resemblance to the wild-eyed non-speaking member of the Marx Brothers team. 1972Times Higher Educ. Suppl. 17 Nov., It will of course be recognized as a great modern dictionary, as we shall see presently; but more importantly,..for all the indications it gives of having registered the full impact of our so-called permissive age, is the way it preserves certain antique myths.
2. With an air of importance; consequentially.
1827–30Sir J. Barrington Pers. Sk. Own Times (ed. 2) II. 147, I will proceed at once to the little narrative thus importantly prefaced. |