crucially

adverb

cru·​cial·​ly ˈkrü-sh(ə-)lē How to pronounce crucially (audio)
1
: in a crucial manner
2
: very importantly

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The bulk of our conversation centered on accessibility, with the guys telling me the app was created partly to help disabled people get around their neighborhoods more accessibly and, arguably most crucially, with considerably more agency and autonomy. Steven Aquino, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 Its founders believe that street protest is crucially important to climate politics and neglected in environmental philanthropy. Sigal Samuel, Vox, 3 Dec. 2024 That could prove a crucially important move if Arroyo, Assad and Miranda refuse to comply. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 18 Nov. 2024 The Beatles also crucially did have the band name on the White Album, which Spinal Tap boldly forwent on Smell the Glove. Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for crucially 

Word History

First Known Use

1879, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of crucially was in 1879

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“Crucially.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crucially. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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