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More important vs. More importantly
More important
/mɔːr ɪmˈpɔːrtnt/Examples:
Family is more important than material wealth.A peaceful mind is more important than success.More important than talent is persistence.
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More importantly
/mɔːr ɪmˈpɔːrtəntli/Examples:
More importantly, the project fosters innovation.The team is motivated, but more importantly, resilient.He is talented and, more importantly, dedicated.
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This word has no antonymsWays to tell them apart:
- More important is often used as an adjective phrase, modifying a noun.
- More importantly is used to introduce a statement or indicate the manner of an action and is an adverbial phrase.
- Think of more importantly as a way to stress the importance of the following statement.
- You can often replace more importantly with what’s more,in writing, more important' is sometimes preferred for succinctness.
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