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IMPORTANTLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an important way

Example:

for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

important (of great significance or value)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In an important way or to an important degree

Example:

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

Synonyms:

importantly; significantly

Classified under:

Adverbs

Pertainym:

important (of great significance or value)

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 Context examples: 

Importantly, they divide and grow without causing cancer, which tends to be a risk with rapid cell division.

(Newly discovered cells restore liver damage in mice without cancer risk, NIH)

Unexpectedly, but importantly, the team also found that the molecule increased the amount of blood vessels and nerves in brown fat.

(Study in mice suggests drug to turn fat ‘brown’ could help fight obesity, University of Cambridge)

Importantly, they have discovered that the urge to yawn -our propensity for contagious yawning- is individual to each one of us.

(Why Is Yawning so Contagious?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Importantly, cerebral organoids contain different neuronal cell types, which allowed the investigators to assess the sensitivity of neural stem cells and neurons to LACV infection.

(Cerebral organoid model provides clues about how to prevent virus-induced brain cell death, National Institutes of Health)

Importantly, the team also showed that thin people, had a much lower genetic risk score – they had fewer genetic variants that we know increase a person’s chances of being overweight.

(Slim people have a genetic advantage when it comes to maintaining their weight, University of Cambridge)

The bacteria help to kill the insect and, importantly, secrete the antibiotic to keep competing bacteria away.

(A New Class of Antibiotics to Combat Drug Resistance, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Importantly, researchers say, several of these new quantum Hall states may be useful in making fault-tolerant quantum computers.

(Research reveals exotic quantum states in double-layer graphene, National Science Foundation)

Importantly, the researchers observed entrainment at the low frequencies that carry meaningful information in sign language, not at the high frequencies usually seen in visual activity.

(The Rhythms of Sign Language, NSF)

Importantly, RNA interference is known to provide defence against viral infection in honey bees and other organisms.

(Discovery of RNA transfer through royal jelly could aid development of honey bee vaccines, University of Cambridge)

The genetic basis of depression overlaps importantly with other psychiatric disorders like bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

(Forty-Four Genomic Variants Linked to Major Depression, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)