Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an important manner; weightily; forcibly.
  • Pompously.
  • Importunately.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In an important manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb Used to mark a statement as having importance.
  • adverb In an important manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an important way
  • adverb in an important way or to an important degree

Etymologies

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important +‎ -ly

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