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Definitions: Importantly |
ImportantlyAdverb1. 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". 2. In an important way; "for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "importantly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1610. (references) |
Synonym: ImportantlySynonym: significantly (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Importantly |
| English words defined with "importantly": most importantly ♦ significantly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "importantly": buffer storage locations ♦ Caliciviridae ♦ Intel 80386SX ♦ Yellow Book, Jargon. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | All of these factors conspire to make the illness underdiagnosed and, more importantly, undertreated. (references) | |
Two-thirds of ESRD is due to two primary diseases--diabetes mellitus and essential hypertension--that themselves contribute importantly to cardiovascular disease. (references) | ||
Because they can cause vaginal irritation, most doctors do not recommend vaginal sprays or heavily perfumed soaps for cleansing this area. Likewise, repeated douching may cause irritation or, more importantly, may hide a vaginal infection. (references) | ||
Business | This appealed to women DIYers and, importantly, did not put off male shoppers either. (references) | |
Agents and distributors can contribute importantly to a foreign company's success on the Romanian market. (references) | ||
Their success, as with past environmental laws, will depend importantly on enforcement and monitoring at the local level. (references) | ||
Economic History | Australia | Other key niche segments include the mobile market and, more importantly, Internet networks. (references) |
Chile | Perhaps more importantly, tight monetary policy in 1998 in response to balance-of-payments pressures greatly reduced domestic demand. (references) | |
Chile | Opportunities exist in software localization and implementation of turnkey database packages and most importantly maintenance services. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | To match the magnitude of our tasks, we need the energies of our people--enlisted not only in grand enterprises, but more importantly in those small, splendid efforts that make headlines in the neighborhood newspaper instead of the national journal. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Importantly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Importantly" is used about 1,328 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 1,328 | 5,980 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "importantly": most importantly. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "importantly": self-importantly. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "importantly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | duke i dhënë rëndësi vetes. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | важно (important). (various references) | |
Chinese | 重要地 (Critically). (various references) | |
German | wichtigtuerisch (bumptious, consequential, pompous, pompously). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fontoskodva (fussily, officiously). (various references) | |
Korean | 중"하게. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | importantlyay.(various references) | |
Russian | важно. (various references) | |
Spanish | en tono rimbombante. (various references) | |
Swedish | viktigt (important). (various references) | |
Ukranian | важливо (fatefully), значуще. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Importantly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: importently. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "importantly" (pronounced i'mpô"rtuntlē) |
| 6 | -t u n t l ē | blatantly, competently, concomitantly, consistently, constantly, exultantly, hesitantly, inadvertently, incompetently, insistently, instantly, intermittently, militantly, patently, persistently, reluctantly. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, brilliantly, coherently, complacently, concurrently, confidently, consequently, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, diligently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, imminently, impatiently, imprudently, incessantly, incoherently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insufficiently, intelligently, leniently, magnificently, negligently, obediently, patiently, permanently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, pungently, recently, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, stringently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-m-n-o-p-r-t-t-y" | |
-2 letters: important, mortality, normality, patrimony. | |
-3 letters: matronly, minatory, molarity, morality, palimony, patronly, polarity, ponytail, prolamin, protamin, tonality. | |
-4 letters: alimony, almonry, antipot, atropin, implant, inaptly, lampion, maintop, marplot, nattily, optimal, orality, paronym, patriot, ptomain, ptyalin, rampion, riantly, talipot, tampion, timpano, topiary, tritoma, tympani, tympano. | |
-5 letters: aliyot, armpit, aroint, aroynt, artily, attorn, impart, import, intort, latino, lattin, lipoma, litany, mainly, maloti, manito, marlin, martin, matron, mattin, mitral, mortal, myopia, normal, notary, oilman, optima, painty, paltry, pantry, parity, partly, parton, patrol, patron, paynim, pitman, plaint, pliant, plotty, pointy, polity, pontil, portal, portly, potman, primal, primly, prolan, protyl, pylori, pyrola, ramtil, raptly, ration, ratlin, rattly, ratton, rialto, ropily, tailor, talion, tampon, tarpon, tartly, titman, trimly, trinal, triply, triton, tropin, trotyl, tympan, tyrant, yttria. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-m-n-o-p-r-t-t-y" | |
+2 letters: importunately. | |
+4 letters: complementarity. | |
+5 letters: hyperstimulation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6D 70 6F 72 74 61 6E 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -- .--. --- .-. - .- -. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101101 01110000 01101111 01110010 01110100 01100001 01101110 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I m p o r t a n t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006D 0070 006F 0072 0074 0061 006E 0074 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4379828184866780867891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Quotations: Speeches 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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