Highly
Highly adverb - To a great degree.
Importantly and highly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Importantly" instead an adverb "Highly".
Nearby Word: high
Importantly
Importantly adverb - In an important way or to an important degree.
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Synonyms for Importantly
Highly and importantly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Highly" instead an adverb "Importantly".
Nearby Words: important, importance
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Perhaps more importantly, some sorts of highly resilient systems which support exotic things like 'hot failover' or 'byzantine fault tolerance' are exceedingly difficult to engineer well, or at all.
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They do eat the parasites living in their host's fur, but more importantly they are highly psychic and effectively grant their host access to these same abilities.
Source: Tabletop Game / Rocket Age -
Most importantly, it leeches minerals from wherever it grows and creates large (semi-radioactive and highly toxic) crystals.
Source: Video Game / Command & Conquer
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