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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And more crucially, in focusing on the sexist unfairness of this one aspect of the girlband industrial complex, Fukada somewhat gives the rest of the massive, grinding machinery of celebrity manufacture and consumption a pass. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 28 May 2025 The men answer to each other, their cause, and, crucially, themselves. Colin Fleming, New York Daily News, 26 May 2025 More crucially, comedy and tragedy are allowed to coexist as parallel realities. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025 Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 — also signed by Reagan, undid most of the 1981 cuts to corporate taxes, but crucially kept the cuts on individuals in place. Dylan Matthews, Vox, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for crucially

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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 17 Jun. 2025.

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