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importantly

/ɪmˈpɔː.tənt.li/US/ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/

importantly adverb: used to mark a statement as having importance.

Adverb

importantly (comparative more importantly, superlative most importantly)

  1. (sentence adverb) Used to mark a statement as having importance.
    • These potentially ground-breaking discoveries need to be tempered by the knowledge that very high doses - the equivalent of 100-plus bottles of red wine daily - were given to mice. Importantly, after resveratrol is absorbed into the blood, it is broken down quickly and may have limited effect in...2009 August 23, Michael Apstein, “Here's to good health - maybe”, in San Francisco Chronicle, page K1
    • More importantly and closer to life, slangs help build an instant intimacy and informality.2021 September 3, Charudutta Panigrahi, “The Intimacy Of Slangs”, in Odisha News, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025
  2. In an important manner.
    • Even sitting in a restaurant, the person on a cell phone seems importantly busy and on the move.2001 January/February, Ian Frazier, “Dearly Disconnected.”, in Mother Jones, volume 25, number 1, page 60

importantly meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

importantly in Tamil

முக்கியமாக, பிரதானமாக

importantly in Urdu

اہمیت سے

importantly in Bengali

গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ভাবে, গর্ব সহকারে, গুরুত্ব দিয়ে, অহংকার করে, দম্ভের সহিত, গর্বের সহিত

importantly in Malayalam

importantly
പ്രധാനമായി pradhānamāyi

Examples of importantly in a sentence

  • Importantly, after resveratrol is absorbed into the blood, it is broken down quickly and may have limited effect in humans.2009 August 23, Michael Apstein, “Here's to good health - maybe”, in San Francisco Chronicle, page K1:
  • Importantly, apprenticeships provide an alternate route into employment, giving people from all backgrounds the chance to build in-demand skills and a career for life.2023 March 8, Neil Robertson, “Tackling the skills shortage”, in RAIL, number 978, page 33:

All 40 example sentences with importantly

Forms of importantly

comparativemore importantly
superlativemost importantly

Origin of importantly

From important + -ly.

Questions about importantly

What does importantly mean?
Importantly means used to mark a statement as having importance.
What is importantly in Tamil?
Importantly in Tamil is முக்கியமாக, பிரதானமாக. See Importantly meaning in Tamil.
How do you use importantly in a sentence?
Importantly, after resveratrol is absorbed into the blood, it is broken down quickly and may have limited effect in humans.
What part of speech is importantly?
Importantly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce importantly?
Importantly is pronounced /ɪmˈpɔː.tənt.li/ (UK).

Words near importantly in the dictionary

  1. important
  2. important bird area
  3. important bird areas
  4. importanter
  5. importantest
  6. importantly
  7. importantness
  8. importation
  9. importations
  10. importazole
  11. imported

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: importantly (page history and authors); importantly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); importantly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); importantly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പ്രധാനമായി (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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