importantly

ADVERB

above all

Synonyms

WEAK

chiefly especially in particular mainly most of all mostly primarily principally supremely

Antonyms

WEAK

lastly

ADVERB

essentially

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actually approximately necessarily originally permanently quite really substantially truly typically virtually

STRONG

fundamentally

WEAK

at heart at the heart of centrally characteristically chiefly determinately factually in effect in essence indispensably inherently intimately intrinsically materially more or less so naturally primarily principally radically significantly vitally

Antonyms

STRONGEST

doubtfully

WEAK

apparently on the surface superficially

ADVERB

par excellence

Synonyms

WEAK

eminently incomparably preeminent preeminently superior superiorly supremely the most

ADVERB

principally

Synonyms

STRONGEST

basically chiefly first and foremost generally largely mostly notably particularly predominantly

STRONG

primarily

WEAK

above all before anything else cardinally dominantly eminently especially essentially first of all for the most part fundamentally in the first place in the main materially peculiarly preeminently prevailingly prevalently substantially superlatively supremely to a great degree universally vitally

Antonyms

WEAK

secondarily trivially

Example Sentences

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Importantly, actuaries have assessed that because everyone contributes and there is a cap on lifetime benefits, the long-term-care fund is financially sound for the next 75 years.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Importantly, it wouldn’t change the total amount we owed—we wouldn’t have an incentive to fake a moral objection.

From Slate • May 11, 2026

Importantly, the first foul that had a direct impact on play was Pablo on Raya.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Importantly, as their install base grows, their service revenue goes up.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Importantly, though, for all his rough edges, Mussorgsky showed that Russian music could obey its own rules, follow its own tastes and carve its own identity.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

importantly

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