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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But more crucially, both BST and BSTZ have an advantage over the NASDAQ 100 that is now becoming increasingly valuable: They aren’t directly exposed to crypto. Michael Foster, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025 Both politics and culture are crucially important, and each of them greatly affects the other. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 Still, the question remains: Is this team better — and better, crucially, for playoff hockey? Jonas Siegel, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025 More crucially, Knight played a key role in rescuing the San Diego Symphony’s historic organ from impending oblivion when — in 2007 — a symphony board member lobbied to have the instrument removed from the orchestra’s downtown concert hall. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025 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 Jan. 2025.

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