Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- adv. Used to mark a statement as having importance.
- adv. In an important manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adv. In an important manner.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In an important manner; weightily; forcibly.
- Pompously.
- Importunately.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adv. in an important way
- adv. in an important way or to an important degree
Etymologies
Examples
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More importantly, is it reasonable to expect Iran to comply?
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We have a President who listens to his advisers, and more importantly, is a pragmatist whose sole concerns are solutions to improving the economy and creating the climate for more jobs.
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And, more importantly, is it more pleasurable when you're in the bathtub?
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However, i do think that healthcare reform could create more jobs and more importantly is long overdue.
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Most importantly is just a sentence-modifying adverbial phrase like any other:
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So prescriptivists holding the “most important, not most importantly” view are asserting that importantly is only valid if it is unmodified, while important is only valid if it is modified.
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But more importantly is the weekly trends poll the Kossacks do every week.
A PSA for Democratic party strategists. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
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It can be found at every level of governance in the country, and, perhaps more importantly, is widespread amongst the general population of electors.
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But more importantly, is he really serious, is that the choice he is laying out?
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But more importantly, is it just me or does anyone else find the Daniel centric character episodes to be, well, less than intriguing?
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