单词 | importantly |
释义 | importantly (once / 3727 pages) adv The word importantly emphasizes something. It’s often used to call attention to something in a list, and most importantly, it comes from the word "important." Indeed, importantly comes from the word important, which has roots in the Latin word for “being significant.” When you see the word importantly, you know something significant is being mentioned or emphasized. If your boss gives you a bunch of jobs, then says, "Most importantly, be careful with the Penske file," then that file is your priority. It often appears as most importantly to give it a little extra oomph. WORD FAMILYimportant: importance, importantest, importantly, self-important, unimportant+/importance: importances, self-importance/unimportance: unimportances/unimportant: unimportance, unimportantly USAGE EXAMPLESIt is this metabolic activity that keeps you alive and breathing and, very importantly, warm. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Cousins finished 22 of 35 for 285 yards and a touchdown, but more importantly the interceptions in the third and fourth quarters. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) He certainly needs to play well, and perhaps more importantly UW’s offensive line needs to be play well in front of him. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1adv in an important way or to an important degree more importantly, Weber held that the manifold meaning attached to the event by the social scientist could alter his definition of the concrete event itself Syn significantly 2adv in an important way for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion |
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