1.
[syn: importantly, significantly]
2. in an important way;
- Example: "for centuries jellies have figured importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive occasion"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Importantly \Im*por"tant*ly\, adv.
In an important manner.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
importantly
adv 1: 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:
importantly, significantly]
2: in an important way; "for centuries jellies have figured
importantly among English desserts, particularly upon festive
occasion"