# importantly

Pronunciation: US say "im-POR-tuhnt-lee" /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/; UK say "im-PAW-tuhnt-lee" /ɪmˈpɔː.tənt.li/

## Adverb

1. Used to signal that a statement is important.
   - Simple: Used to show that the next thing you say is important.
   - _The new drug lowers blood pressure and, importantly, has few side effects._
   - _Importantly, the study followed patients for ten years rather than a few months._
2. In an important way, or with an air of importance.
   - Simple: In a way that is important or makes someone look important.
   - _Diet and sleep both contribute importantly to a child's growth._
   - _He strode importantly into the meeting, phone pressed to his ear._

## Origin

Formed from important + the adverb-forming suffix -ly.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/importantly (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).